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Dynamically load a module from string
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gistfile1.rb
#!/usr/bin/env ruby
lib_name = 'matrix' # This could be your param
require lib_name # require can accept a string
klass = Kernel.const_get(lib_name.capitalize) # Kernel.const_get turns a string into a constant
klass.zero(1) # And here we're using the newly constantized string to run methods on the Matrix class
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