programmatically calling a function

[Doug Schwarz]

In article <2005030418250516807%dekhaus at maccom>,
 Dave Ekhaus <dekhaus at mac.com> wrote:

> hi
> 
> 	i'd like to call a python function programmatically - when all i have 
> is the functions name as a string.  i.e.
> 
> 	
> fnames = ['foo', 'bar']
> 
> for func in fnames:
> 
> 	#
> 	# how do i call function 'func' when all i have is the name of the 
> function ???
> 	#
> 	
> 
> 
> def foo():
> 	
> 	print 'foo'
> 
> def bar():
> 
> 	print 'bar'
> 
> 
> 	i'd really appreciate any help the 'group' has to offer.
> 
> 
> thanks
> dave


Dave,

I think eval might be what you're looking for:

f = eval('len')
length = f([1,2,3])


By the way, are you the Dave Ekhaus I used to work with at Kodak?

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