Using user input to call functions

Question

I was trying to make a \"game\" in Python where the user inputs a command. However, I do not know whether you can take that input to be a function name. This is my current e

Answer 1

You can access functions by name using:

function = globals()[function_name]

if the function is in the current module, or

function = getattr(other_module, function_name)

You should also take measures to disallow calling arbitrary functions, for example, prefixing:

 def cmd_move() # ok to call this
 def cmd_jump() # ok to call this

 def internal_func....

 cmd = raw_input('>') # e.g. "move"
 fun = globals()['cmd_' + cmd]
 fun()