On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 12:01:35 +0100, Håkan Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi. > >I am trying to "convert" a string into a function pointer. >Suppose I have the following: > >from a import a >from b import b >from c import c > >funcString = GetFunctionAsString() > >and funcString is a string that contains either "a", "b" or "c". >How can I simply call the correct function? >I have tried using getattr() but I don't know what the first (object) >argument should be in this case. Try this: >>> from sys import exit >>> globals() {'__builtins__': <module '__builtin__' (built-in)>, '__name__': '__main__', 'exit': <built-in function exit>, '__doc__': None} >>> afunc = globals()["exit"] Do you really need to use the "from X import Y" style? Consider the following alternative: >>> import sys >>> afunc = getattr(sys, "exit") -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list