[Tutor] Iterating over list of functions

[Emile van Sebille]

On 5/20/2009 7:25 AM Robert Berman said...
> Hi,
> 
> Given a list of options: option_1.......option_n. For each option I have
> a corresponding function: func_1..... func_n. I have all function names
> defined in a list similar to flist = [func_1, func_2,.......func_n]
> which I know is a legitimate construct having found a similar  construct
> discussed by Kent Johnson in 2005.
> 
> What I do not know how to do is to call the selected function. If the
> index of options is 1, then I want to call func_2; do I code
> flist[index]?

Yes - with trailing () of course...

def func1():return 1
def func2():return 2
def func3():return 3
flist = [func1,func2,func3]
flist[0]()
flist[1]()
flist[2]()

Emile


  I do not think Python has a branch indirect construct so I
> cannot use anything similar to that methodology.  What is the best
> approach to take to solve this problem?
> 
> Thank you for any assistance, hints, solutions, and guidelines.
> 
> Robert
> 
> 
> 
> 
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