Calling a function from a string in C#

Question

I know in php you are able to make a call like:

$function_name = \'hello\';
$function_name();

function hello() { echo \'hello\'; }

Is this

Answer 1

Yes. You can use reflection. Something like this:

Type thisType = this.GetType();
MethodInfo theMethod = thisType.GetMethod(TheCommandString);
theMethod.Invoke(this, userParameters);