Gets a Class object by a name of a class

Description

Gets a Class object by a name of a class. If no such class exists and exception is thrown.

Usage

Class$forName(name, ...)

Arguments

Value

Returns a Class.

Author(s)

Henrik Bengtsson (http://www.braju.com/R/)

See Also

class(). setConstructorS3(). For more information see Class.

Examples

  print(Class$forName("Exception"))