On 10/22/07, james_027 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > i have a function that I could like to call, but to make it more > dynamic I am constructing a string first that could equivalent to the > name of the function I wish to call. how could I do that? the string > could might include name of the module. > > for example > > a_string = 'datetime.' + 'today()' > > how could I call a_string as function?
you could use getattr: function_name = 'time' # this is a string module_name = 'time' # this is a string, too my_function = getattr(module_name, function_name) # this is the function object, # equivalent to my_function = time.time my_function() # This is the function call, equivalent to time.time() bye francesco -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
