Answer: Calling a function of a module by using its name (a string)

answer re: Calling a function of a module by using its name (a string)

Aug 6 '08

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Assuming module foo with method bar:

import foo
method_to_call = getattr(foo, 'bar')
result = method_to_call()

You could shorten lines 2 and 3 to:

result = getattr(foo, 'bar')()

if that makes more sense for your use case.

You can use getattr in this fashion on class instance bound methods, module-level…

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@akki Yes, if you're in the foo (the same) module you can use globals() to do this: methodToCall = globals()['bar'] --> This saved the dau