[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'd like to dynamically find and invoke a method in a Python CGI. > > In javascript, the running script is 'this' (Python's 'self'), except > that 'self' is not defined. > > I want to do this: > > var m = this["MethodName"]; //where the method name is passed via an > http variable > m(); //this invokes a method in javascript > > How do I do the same in python? > > self["MethodName"] fails... >
Don't know if this is the best solution... but you need something around the lines of: >>> def foo(): ... print "bar" ... >>> m = locals()["foo"] >>> >>> m() bar >>> i.e., you need to play a bit with locals() Hope that helps -- Mariano -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
