[Tutor] args to functions in a dictionary?

[Alex Hall]

On 8/25/10, Wayne Werner <waynejwerner at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 4:58 PM, Alex Hall <mehgcap at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> If I wanted to have a dictionary containing functions, could I pass
>> args to those functions? For example:
>> menu={
>>  "option 1":f1,
>>  "option 2":f2
>> }
>> How would I pass args to f1 or f2 in this case? TIA.
>
>
> You sure could, because functions are first order citizens in python,
> meaning you can pass them around like any other data type.
>
> menu['option 1']() is how you would call the functions, and you'd just put
> an args/kwargs in the parenthesis.
Of course! So simple, yet somehow I did not see it. Thanks!
>
> Conceptually you can replace menu['option 1'] with f1, so anywhere you see
> this:
>
> menu['option 1'](arg1)
>
> you can replace it with
>
> f1(arg1)
>
> I don't know if Python does that exact thing on the back end, but the end
> result is certainly the same.
>
> HTH,
> Wayne
>
> (p.s. Gmail's undo sending feature is terribly nice when I forget to
> reply-all)
>


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