Can Python do this?

[Andreas Kostyrka]

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002 12:51:13 -0500
"Robert Oschler" <Oschler at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Hello, Python newbie here.
> 
> Let's say I'd like to build a method name into a string variable (e.g.
> "FuncCall" + "1" to attempt to call "FuncCall1").  Can I then call that
> method by somehow having the interpreter evaluate the string variable into a
> call to the desired method? (I know this is usually done in a language like
> Prolog or Lisp but I'm hoping Python can do it too.)
> 
> If so, can you point me to a good article or example of such that would show
> me the relevant Python syntax.
Well, in Python your functions/methods are objects also ;)
So the only tricky thing is to get the right dictionary where your objects are stored in:

def func1():
	print "func1"

def func2():
	print "func2"

def func3():
	print "func3"

for x in xrange(1,4):
	globals()["func"+str(x)]()

# for object methods this would be something like:
# getattr(obj,"method"+str(x))()

Hope this helps,

Andreas