Create python function with name from array [duplicate]

Question

I want to create functions (def $name:) where name comes from array=['str1', 'str2', ...].

I tried the code above and already searched on stackoverflow and google but did not find any solution.

array = ['String1', 'String2', ...]

def array[0]:

     code1

def array[1]:
     code2

String1()
String2()

@Axium it's not impossible it's simply highly inadvisable — juanpa.arrivillaga
– juanpa.arrivillaga, Commented Aug 16, 2019 at 17:36
Don't do this. Python != PHP and doesn't give you any great way to create variable variables. Just use a container like a list or a dict. — juanpa.arrivillaga
– juanpa.arrivillaga, Commented Aug 16, 2019 at 17:37
in addition to the dupe target, you can (and should) store functions in any datastructure: [f1, f2] — c2huc2hu
– c2huc2hu, Commented Aug 16, 2019 at 17:38

brazosFX · Accepted Answer · 2019-08-16 17:42:24Z

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You can't define a function using a variable. But it turns out that you can rebind functions variable names.

See this post: How to use a variable as function name in Python

Example of how to do that:

one = 'one'
two = 'two'
three = 'three'
l = [one, two, three]
def some_stuff():
    print("i am sure some stuff")
for item in l:
    def _f():
        some_stuff()
    globals()[item] = _f
    del _f

one()
two()
three()

edited Aug 16, 2019 at 17:42

answered Aug 16, 2019 at 17:37

brazosFX

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