Get bound method by name

[Graham Breed]

Johannes Bauer wrote:
> Hello group,
> 
> I'm looking for a Python function but have forgotten it's name.
> Essentially what I want is:
> 
> class Foo():
> 	def bar(self):
> 		pass
> 
> x = Foo()
> y = x.MAGIC("bar")
> print(y)
> <bound method Foo.bar of <__main__.Foo instance at 0xb7e11fcc>>
> 
> So the question is: How is the magic function called which returns me
> the bound method of a class instance by its name? I know there was a way
> but just can't remember...

y = getattr(x, "bar")