Re: [Haskell-cafe] Haskell and symbolic references

Patrick LeBoutillier wrote:

Hi all,

Is it possible with Haskell to call a function whose name is contained in a String? Something like:

five = call_func "add" [2, 3]

You could use Data.Map: call_func = (funcMap !) where funcMap = fromList [ ("add", add) , ("sub", sub) , ("mul", mul) , ("div", div)] Or a version using lookup instead of (!) if you aren't sure that the string will be a valid function name. - Jake