Indirect function call

[obrienj]

Anybody have an example of calling a function via the contents of a variable.

That is, if I have the following:

local $vara

$vara = Foo

;  ????? what is the form of the invocation of Foo using the variable and passing a parameter  ?????

Func Foo($parm)

    ; do something with $parm
    return(-1)
EndFunc

The question is:

what is the form of the invocation of Foo using the variable and passing a parameter

I tried:

$rc = $vara("data")

but I got syntax errors.

I know how to do this in C, C++, Java and C#, but I can't seem to get it in Autoit.

I have a rather large project where doing this is a requirement.

Regards,

Jim

Edited December 14, 2010 by obrienj

[spudw2k]

I think you might be over thinking it. Try this.

local $varA

$varA = Foo("this is a test param")

msgbox(0,"$varA = ",$varA)

Func Foo($parm)
    return MsgBox(4,"The Parameter Provided",$parm)
EndFunc

If you absolutely have to be able to execute a variable as a literal string, then read the help file for the Execute() function.

[trancexx]

obrienj was explaining the functionality of Call() function.

local $vara

$vara = "Foo"

$rc = Call($vara, "data")

Func Foo($parm)

    ; do something with $parm
    return(-1)
EndFunc

[obrienj]

trancexx,

Thank you. I knew it had to be there somewhere.

Regards,

Jim