dynamic invoke

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Nils wrote:

> On Oct 19, 12:39 pm, lukasz.... at gmail.com wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Is there any way (other then eval) to invoke a method by passing
>> method name in a string.
>> It's very simple in php:
>> $oFoo = new Foo();
>> $dynamiMethod = "bar";
>> $oFoo->$dynamiMethod();
>>
>> Unfortunately I can't find a good solution to do the same thing in
>> python. Does it have some build-in function to do it?
>>
>> Kind Regards,
>>
>> Lukasz.
> 
>  Use apply(): http://docs.python.org/lib/non-essential-built-in-funcs.html

Apply doesn't help the OP - it's useful if you already have a function
pointer.

And it's obsoleted by the * and ** parameter passing mechanism.

Diez