How do I do this in Python? List to function

Question

def getStuff(x):
    return 'stuff'+x

def getData(x):
    return 'data'+x


thefunctions = []
thefunctions.append("getStuff")
thefunctions.append("getData")

for i in thefunctions:
   print i('abc')

Is this possible? Thank you.

Answer 1

thefunctions = [ getStuff, getData ]
for f in thefunctions:
    print f('shazam')

Once you've done a def statement, you've associated a name with a function. Just use that name to refer to the function.