I googled methods but couldn’t get it to work in processing. what I’m looking for is something like. String s="foo"; void setup(){ parent new_instance= new s; } class parent{ } class foo extends parent{ }

Instantiate class from string

paulgoux August 30, 2021, 7:16am 2

Seems like what you might be looking for is reflections

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