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

From: Tito <titogarcia_borra_esto@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 20:12:35 CEST



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


Received on Thu Sep 29 17:11:45 2005