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

[Grant Edwards]

On 2005-07-27, Paolino <paolo.veronelli at gmail.com> wrote:

>> Is there a metalanguage capability in Python (I know there are many) to 
>> call a function having its name in a string?

> eval('foo()') should do, but it's said a bad practice ;)

An alternative to eval() is:

>>> def foo():
...   print "foo was called"
... 
>>> s = "foo"
>>> globals()[s]()
foo was called
>>> 

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