On 18/11/2013 01:41, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
On Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:20:52 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
In article <mailman.2807.1384725251.18130.python-l...@python.org>,
Tamer Higazi <th9...@googlemail.com> wrote:
I want the param which is a string to be converted, that I can fire
directly a method. Is it somehow possible in python, instead of writing
if else statements ???!
I'm not sure why you'd want to do this, but it's certainly possible
It is very good for implementing the Command Dispatch pattern, which in
turn is very good for building little command interpreters or mini-
shells. Python even comes with a battery for that:
import cmd
import sys
class MyShell(cmd.Cmd):
# Override default behaviour of empty lines.
def emptyline(self):
pass
# Define commands for our shell by prefixing them with "do_".
def do_hello(self, person):
if person:
print("Hello, %s!" % person)
else:
print("Hello!")
def do_echo(self, line):
print(line)
def do_double(self, num):
print(2*float(num))
def do_bye(self, line):
return True
MyShell().cmdloop()
This defines and runs a command interpreter that understands commands
"bye", "double", "echo", "hello" and "help". (Help is predefined for you.)
See also http://drunkenpython.org/dispatcher-pattern-safety.html for
another use of command dispatch.
Neat, and yet another Python site to add to my list to keep an eye on,
thanks.
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