:symbol to Constant in rails

Question

Is there a method in Rails that converts a symbol to a constant? I want to be able to do something like

:monkey.to_constant #=> Monkey

At the moment I have to do

:monkey.to_s.camelize.constantize

which is a bit of a mouthful.

Answer 1

class Symbol
  def to_c
    self.to_s.camelize.constantize
  end
end

:monkey.to_c