On Tue, 8 May 2007 09:38:48 +0200, Cesar Härdfeldt wrote
> [...]
> I now have 'module' and 'function' as strings and 'parms' normally as a list
> of strings. I can import the module by __import__(module) but is there
> another way to call:
> module.function(parms) than using eval()?
function_t
" It has been my experience that, more often than not,
any time you think you want to evaluate strings, you
don't need to.
For instance, instead of passing around the name of the
function as a string:
s = "someFunction"
eval(s)()
you can pass around the function as an object:
s = someFunction
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bengt Richter) writes:
>>For a lot of uses, it'd be better to build the dictionary by hand
>>rather than relying on one of the tools that turns a namespace into a
>>dictionary.
> IMO it would be nice if name lookup were as cleanly
> controllable and defined as attribute/method lo
On Wed, 02 Nov 2005 19:01:46 -0500, Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>"Paul McGuire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> "David Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> If I have a string that contains the name of a function, can I call it?
>>> As in:
>>>
>>> d
David Rasmussen wrote:
> If I have a string that contains the name of a function, can I call it?
> As in:
>
> def someFunction():
> print "Hello"
>
> s = "someFunction"
> s() # I know this is wrong, but you get the idea...
py> eval("someFunction()")
'Hello'
py> eval(s)() # note the second
"Paul McGuire" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "David Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> If I have a string that contains the name of a function, can I call it?
>> As in:
>>
>> def someFunction():
>> print "Hello"
>>
>> s = "someFunction"
>> s() # I know this
"David Rasmussen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> If I have a string that contains the name of a function, can I call it?
> As in:
>
> def someFunction():
> print "Hello"
>
> s = "someFunction"
> s() # I know this is wrong, but you get the idea...
>
> /David
Lookup th
If I have a string that contains the name of a function, can I call it?
As in:
def someFunction():
print "Hello"
s = "someFunction"
s() # I know this is wrong, but you get the idea...
/David
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