Python dynamic function names

Question

I\'m looking for a better way to call functions based on a variable in Python vs using if/else statements like below. Each status code has a corresponding function

Answer 1

assuming that these functions belong to some module:

import module
return getattr(module, status.lower()).__call__(*args, **kwargs)

Answer 2

The canonical way to do this is to use a dictionary to emulate switch or if/elif. You will find several questions to similar problems here on SO.

Put your functions into a dictionary with your status codes as keys:

funcs = {
    'CONNECT': connect,
    'RAWFEED': rawfeed,
    'RAWCONFIG' : rawconfig,
    'TESTFEED': testfeed
}
funcs[status](*args, **kwargs)