nested dictionaries and functions in data structures.

[Sean Murphy]

Thanks for that. I will have a play and see how I can apply your example. 
On 07/01/2014, at 11:19 PM, Jean-Michel Pichavant <jeanmichel at sequans.com> wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
>> Thanks for that. It resolved the issue and it was so simple compared
>> to everything else I saw on the net.
>> 
>> Only outstanding thing I have to work out is how to execute functions
>> from a dictionary. I will continue searching on the net.
>> 
>> 
>> Sean
> 
> This may help you (untested code)
> 
> class Workers:
>  @staticmethod
>  def ospf(*args, **kwargs):
>    print args, kwargs
>    return 'Bar'
> 
>  @staticmethod
>  def bhp(*args, **kwargs):
>    return 'Foo'
> 
> outputs = {'ospf' : {1 : {'param1' : 'foo', 'param2' : 'foo2'}}
> 
> for command, value in outputs.items():
>  for counter, kwargs in value:
>    func = getattr(Workers, command) # get the function
>    func(**kwargs) # the actual call 
> 
> It would be possible to do it without the *args, **kwargs magic. You can write ospf and bhp with the explicit parameters, however you must make sure you pass the correct number of parameter in the call.
> 
> JM
> 
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