Python equivalents to MATLAB str2func, func2str, ischar, isfunc?

[Travis Oliphant]

dmitrey wrote:
> I can't find these via web serch
>

You won't find exact equivalents.  But, the same functionality is 
available.  Perhaps you would like to show us what you are trying to do 
in Python.

Python's eval has some similarity with str2func

Python's repr() or str() has some similarity with func2str

ischar(A)  is similiar to isinstance(A, str)

isfunc  is similiar to callable

-Travis

P.S.  (if you are using NumPy, then there are other possibilities as well.