I'm just taking a shot in the dark, but have you looked at eval()? I saw this used in a demo page, and thought it was ingenious. The text they want to execute is shown on the screen. The JS gets the text and calls eval() on it. This might get you what you want.
On Jan 2, 10:57 am, yellow1912 <yellow1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Mike, > > I'm following this tutorial > here:http://www.learningjquery.com/2007/10/a-plugin-development-pattern > > I have several public functions like this: > > $.fn.response.redirect.default = function (){//something here}; > $.fn.response.redirect.type1 = function (){//something here}; > $.fn.response.redirect.type2 = function (){//something here}; > > I wanted to be able to call the appropriate function depending on a > string passed back to me via json > > Im thinking of doing it like this (based on your example): > > if($.fn.response.redirect[response.redirect_type] !== undefined) > $.fn.response.redirect[response.redirect_type](); > else > $.fn.response.redirect.default(); > > Do you think it would work? > > Thanks again for your help > > Raine > > On Jan 2, 3:34 am, "Michael Geary" <m...@mg.to> wrote: > > > I don't know about the $.fn.myplugin part - that's not how you would > > typically call a plugin function in the first place. > > > But in general, given any object 'foo' and any property 'bar', you can > > reference the 'bar' property in either of two ways: > > > foo.bar > > > Or: > > > foo['bar'] > > > If 'bar' is a method, you can call it with: > > > foo.bar(...); > > > Or: > > > foo['bar'](...); > > > Either one means exactly the same thing. > > > One common use for this is with show and hide methods. Instead of coding: > > > if( doShow ) > > $('#foo').show(); > > else > > $('#foo').hide(); > > > You can code: > > > $('#foo')[ doShow ? 'show' : 'hide' ](); > > > -Mike > > > > From:yellow1912 > > > > Something like this > > > var func = 'myFunc'; > > > > Can I call the function like this for example: > > > > $.fn.myplugin.(func)(); > > > > (I'm using this in a plugin I'm working on) > > > > Thank you very much
