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Evaluating a String

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Any String can be evaluated at runtime. 

class Example
  def self.foo
    :foo
  end
end

eval "Example.foo" #=> :foo
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Dynamic evaluation:
* Dynamic Evaluation
* Evaluating a String
* Evaluating Inside a Binding
* Instance evaluation
* Dynamically Creating Methods from Strings
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