I see lots of others have made suggestions, but here is a method that I use frequently:
define a dictionary that contains references to your functions: def foo(): . . whatever it does . def bar(): . . whatever it does . xfer={'foo', foo, 'bar', bar} Then you can write for fname in fnames: xfer[fname](args) May not be what you want, but seems like it is from your description. -Larry Dave Ekhaus wrote: > hi > > i'd like to call a python function programmatically - when all i > have is the functions name as a string. i.e. > > > fnames = ['foo', 'bar'] > > for func in fnames: > > # > # how do i call function 'func' when all i have is the name of the > function ??? > # > > > > def foo(): > > print 'foo' > > def bar(): > > print 'bar' > > > i'd really appreciate any help the 'group' has to offer. > > > thanks > dave > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list