C++ Programming :: converting String to a type name


	converting String to a type name Hello Friends, The problem is that i get the names of the object type dynamically at the run time as a string name to a function. Now this function is suppose to create an object of the type name specified as the string to the function. (Suppose we already have a class declared by that name specified) For e.g. class ABC { }; int main() { string k = "ABC" ; // k * a = new k ; how to implement this?? return 0; } Thanks a lot, Saurabh. - Hide quoted text - saurabh.@gmail.com wrote: > Hello Friends, > The problem is that i get the names of the object type dynamically at > the run time as a string name to a function. Now this function is > suppose to create an object of the type name specified as the string > to the function. (Suppose we already have a class declared by that > name specified) > For e.g. > class ABC > { > }; > int main() { > string k = "ABC" ; > // k * a = new k ; how to implement this?? > return 0; > } Use a std::map of std::string and a helper object that creates the objects for each name. This assumes the types have a common base. -- Ian Collins.