calling Functions with a variable

[jv_venkat]

Hi,
Is there any way to call a function whose name is returned by a variable.
say for example if u have three functions

function function1(){
trace("function 1");
};

function function2(){
trace("function 2");
};

function function3(){
trace("function 3");
};

and there is a variable x whose values will be "function1","function2","function3"

the question is ..... is it possible to execute the function by value x
like call(x); or something of that sort.


Please get back ASAP.

Regards
Venkat

[sutar]

Hi JV

what I understand , you want to call a function depending upon the value of the variable.

check the value of the variable in loop or make it an array.

if(yourVarable[Func 1] =="function1"){
   function1();
}else if(yourVarable[Func 2] =="function2"){
   function2();
}else if(yourVarable[Func 3] =="function3"){
   function3();

if this doesn't solves your problem..

try attaching the file

[jv_venkat]

Hi sutar,

Thanks for your reply.....

is there anything other than this nested if's ... cos I want this code to run in an onEnterFrame code... now if I put this it will severly degrade the performance ... which is why in the first case I asked for the call method.... any suggestions

[sutar]

JV try a loop

for(i=0;1<yourVarable.length; i++){
   if(yourVarable[eval("Func "+i)] == "function"+i){
    call(eval(function"+i+"()"));
   break; 
}