calling a method using a variable name?

[Martin v. Löwis]

Patrick Price <no-email at nowhere.com> writes:

> class X:
>    def method():
>       pass
> 
> 
> z=X."method"()
> 
> How would I do this?

Notice that writing

z = X.method()

wouldn't work, either, since you cannot call an unbound method
without an instance. So you would have to write

x = X()
z = x.method()

If you want to use a string, write

z = getattr(x, "method") ()

HTH,
Martin