# Reflection in Elixir

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**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** learning-elixir, dynamic, reflection\
**Created:** [July 9, 2020, 3:19pm UTC](https://forum.elixirforum.com/t/reflection-in-elixir/32950 "2020-07-09T15:19:44Z")\
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> [@lukaszsamson](#):
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> module alias is just an atom, you can generate it in the runtime by format string expressions, e.g. `:"Elixir.My.#{prefix}Module"`

This particular piece works fine as-is, but is safest to do with [Module.concat/1](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Module.html#concat/1) or better still, [Module.safe\_concat/1](https://hexdocs.pm/elixir/Module.html#safe_concat/1) or their `/2` variants.

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