Håkan Persson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>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.
You've received a lot of hi-tech answers, but don't overlook the simple
(and possibly more secure) answer:
lookup = {
'a': a,
'b': b,
'c': c,
}
if lookup.has_key(myFunction):
return lookup[myFunction]()
else:
print "Couldn't find", myFunction
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