[Beginner] Calling a function by its name in a string

Hi all: Is there a metalanguage capability in Python (I know there are many) to call a function having its name in a string? Something like: __call__("foo") instead of: foo() Regards, Tito -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Beginner] Calling a function by its name in a string

o it with a property: def printPropertyForEach(collection, propertyName): for elem in collection: print eval("elem." + propertyName) Is there another approach to do it? Regards, Tito -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Beginner] Calling a function by its name in a string

> Thank you both for your quick answers. Thank you *all* for your quick answers. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: [Beginner] Calling a function by its name in a string

Once again: thank you. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What are modules really for?

, I declare it just in place and go on. If I find repetitive tasks I can declare functions, but I won't go for a class immediately. Why do you think putting code into functions is not encapsulating? > While you could do all manner > of nasty hacks in C++ I worked with people who carefull

Re: What are modules really for?

Neil Benn wrote: > Tito wrote: >> N.Davis wrote: >>> Functions existing in a module? Surely if "everything is an object" >>> (OK thats Java-talk but supposedly Python will eventually follow this >>> too) then there should be nothing in a module that

Re: What are modules really for?

> [1] 'aName' => public, '_aName' => protected, '__aName' => private I didn't know this one, as I am quite new to Python. Is it really general use? Regards, Tito -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: What are modules really for?

t; >>int too? ;) > > > Yes, int too. I think he is talking about *Java* int. Regards, Tito -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Can't simultaneously read/write from ossaudio dsp device

For an internet telephone application, I need to be able to read and write data to and from /dev/dsp simultaneously. I wrote some code and its not working. Anyone have any working code to do this? I am assuming my card is full duplex, it is a built-in sound card on a new dell 600m laptop, but I

Re: Can't simultaneously read/write from ossaudio dsp device

I got it working! There was another thread http://tinyurl.com/pebqc on this group where someone had the same problem. I changed my code to the following: from twisted.internet.task import LoopingCall from twisted.internet import reactor import os, sys, wave, audioop """ While playing the conten

linear algebric equations

enormous: for example for 430 degrees of freedom it is about 24 min in Python versus about 1 sec in fortran. Is it possible to get better performance in Python? Thanks in advance Tito Sano’ Roma Italy Cell: 339 6903895 -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list