safe_constantize(camel_cased_word) public

Tries to find a constant with the name specified in the argument string:

"Module".safe_constantize # => Module "Test::Unit".safe_constantize # => Test::Unit 

The name is assumed to be the one of a top-level constant, no matter whether it starts with “::” or not. No lexical context is taken into account:

C = 'outside' module M C = 'inside' C # => 'inside' "C".safe_constantize # => 'outside', same as ::C end 

nil is returned when the name is not in CamelCase or the constant (or part of it) is unknown.

"blargle".safe_constantize # => nil "UnknownModule".safe_constantize # => nil "UnknownModule::Foo::Bar".safe_constantize # => nil
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