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Re: [Beginner] Calling a function by its name in a string
From: Paolino <paolo.veronelli@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 21:17:08 CEST
Date: Wed Jul 27 2005 - 21:17:08 CEST
Tito wrote:
> 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
eval('foo()') should do, but it's said a bad practice ;)
Received on Thu Sep 29 17:11:58 2005