On Feb 19, 11:47 pm, Steven D'Aprano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 19 Feb 2007 00:16:39 -0800, Rob Wolfe wrote: > > > Steven W. Orr wrote: > >> I have a table of integers and each time I look up a value from the table > >> I want to call a function using the table entry as an index into an array > >> whose values are the different functions. I haven't seen anything on how > >> to do this in python. > > > Do you mean something like that? > > > # test.py > > > def fun1(): return "fun1" > > def fun2(): return "fun2" > > def fun3(): return "fun3" > > > # list of functions > > dsp = [f for fname, f in sorted(globals().items()) if callable(f)] > > Hmmm... when I try that, I get dozens of other functions, not just fun1, > fun2 and fun3. And not just functions either; I also get classes. > > Does Python have a function that will read my mind and only return the > objects I'm thinking of?
Yup. Stevens_mind = r"fun[1-3]$" After "if callable(f)", put and re.match(Stevens_mind, fname) and not isinstance(f, type) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
