use string as function name - golang

Question

Is theere a way to use a string as a function name and call it?

I have a map of strings to function names
stuff := map[string]string{'keyword','function'}

and when the keyword is used, i want to call function with 2 arguments
stuff['keyword'](arg1,arg2)

But it gives me this error:

cannot call non-function key (type string)

Is there a way to keep my string to string map and still achieve this?

Possible duplicate of Golang: pointer to function from string (function's name) — eugenioy
– eugenioy, Commented Jul 7, 2017 at 13:09

william.taylor.09 · Accepted Answer · 2017-07-07 13:26:35Z

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The map you're using isn't syntactically valid. You probably want something like this:

stuff := map[string]func(string, string)

You would then be able to use your string key to pull out a function from the map and call it:

stuff["keyword"]("foo", "goo")

answered Jul 7, 2017 at 13:26

william.taylor.09

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