Thank you, Christian. This solution was one I was not expecting and am glad to receive it. It is one I will explore in greater detail later.
Robert On Wed, 2009-05-20 at 16:44 +0200, Christian Witts wrote: > Robert Berman wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Given a list of options: option_1.......option_n. For each option I have > > a corresponding function: func_1..... func_n. I have all function names > > defined in a list similar to flist = [func_1, func_2,.......func_n] > > which I know is a legitimate construct having found a similar construct > > discussed by Kent Johnson in 2005. > > > > What I do not know how to do is to call the selected function. If the > > index of options is 1, then I want to call func_2; do I code > > flist[index]? I do not think Python has a branch indirect construct so I > > cannot use anything similar to that methodology. What is the best > > approach to take to solve this problem? > > > > Thank you for any assistance, hints, solutions, and guidelines. > > > > Robert > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > > > > Why not use a dictionary to do the heavy lifting for you > > >>> import string > >>> funcs = {1:string.upper, 2:string.lower} > >>> funcs[1]('this is a simple test') > 'THIS IS A SIMPLE TEST' > >>> funcs[2]('THIS IS A SIMPLE TEST') > 'this is a simple test' > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
