On Oct 17, 3:02 am, Yves <y...@zioup.com> wrote: > What is the best way to execute a function which name is stored in a variable > ? > > Right now I use an eval, but I'm wondering if there isn't a better way: > > Here is a simplified example, but what I use this for is to parse a formated > text file, and execute a different method depending on the pattern: > > import sys > > class dummy(object): > def __init__(self, arg): > self.todo = 'self.print' + arg; > > def printa(self): > print 'a' > > def printb(self): > print 'b' > > def doit(self): > #k = eval(self.todo) > #k() > > eval(self.todo)() > > o = dummy(sys.argv[1]) > o.doit() > > Thanks. > > -- > Yves.http://www.sollers.ca/
Depending on your exact requirements, take a look at pyparsing. Has (from my experience) a small learning curve and is a useful library addition! It could well be overkill, but not knowing your exact requirements, it'd be worth looking at anyway. Jon. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
