Calling a function from string inside the same module in Python?

Question

Lets say I have a function bar inside a module called foo.py . Somewhere inside foo.py, I want to be able to call bar() from the string \"bar\". Ho

Answer 1

Use a dictionary that keeps the mapping of functions you want to call:

if __name__ == '__main__':
  funcnames = {'bar': bar}
  funcnames['bar']()