def <dynamic function name> () syntax ?
Mike C. Fletcher
mcfletch at home.com
Wed Apr 4 13:23:39 EDT 2001
>>> ns = {}
>>> sourceString = '''def abc( somearg ):\n\tprint somearg\n'''
>>> exec(sourceString) in ns
>>> ns['abc']
<function abc at 0114CB8C>
>>> ns['abc']("hello")
hello
>>>
HTH,
Mike
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Edge [mailto:bedge at troikanetworks.com]
Sent: Wednesday, April 04, 2001 12:52 PM
To: python-list at python.org
Subject: def <dynamic function name> () syntax ?
Can the follwoing be accomplished in Python?
I want to create a func named "abc":
>>> name="abc"
>>> eval ("name")
'abc'
>>> def eval ("name") ():
File "<stdin>", line 1
def eval ("name") ():
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax
Thanks, Bruce.
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