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Thanks to all who responded to my question.  I post an example answer for anyone
interested in this question.

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In comp.sys.next.software article <BvvAv9.2tD@oceania.com> you wrote:
> I would really like to be able to setup a list of character strings that represent  
> classes, and at run time be able to create an instance of the class from the class  
name.
> 
> An example:
> 
> classList[] = {
> "Class1",
> "Class2"};
> 
> then at run time do some type of alloc & init from the class name. ie:
> 
> newClass = [[classList[0] alloc] init]
> 
> Any ideas?

Very simple, it's part of the runtime system:

newClass = [[objc_getClass(classList[0]) alloc] init]

Real-time symbolic mapping! Nothing beats having a compiler and linker available at  
runtime.  8^)

BTW, these kinds of questions will probably get faster answers if posted to  
c.s.n.programmer.

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