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Python is one of the coolest languages.
I was just playing around with it today, beginning a little program I'm writing for fun. Problem was that I'd like to be able to easily call functions based on some condition. "Easily" is the operative term.
And it *is* easy. Define the functions, place their names in a named list, and then call the list item as a function of condition. Here's a simple example:
I was just playing around with it today, beginning a little program I'm writing for fun. Problem was that I'd like to be able to easily call functions based on some condition. "Easily" is the operative term.
And it *is* easy. Define the functions, place their names in a named list, and then call the list item as a function of condition. Here's a simple example:
Code:
>>> def ab() :
... return 0
...
>>> def cd() :
... return 1
...
>>> def ef(q, r) :
... return q+r
...
>>> gh = [ab, cd, ef]
>>>
>>> gh
[<function ab at 0x61270>, <function cd at 0x612b0>, <function ef at 0x612f0>]
>>>
>>> gh[0]()
0
>>>
>>> gh[1]()
1
>>>
>>> gh[2](4, 9)
13
