How to call a function/procedure whose name I build from a string?

[keithvbk]

I create a function or procedure name by building the name to be executed from variables.
example:
basename = "INTERFACE"
nameext = "_x"
myproc = basename + nameext

Now how do I call the function whose name is contained in variable myproc ?

I appreciate the help !
Keith

 

[white605]

Not sure where your functions/procedures are located but the following will work if located inside a prg file all together

functname='myfunction'
mv=functname

DO &mv

FUNCTION myfunction
@10,1 say [it works]

 

[baltman]

Parenteses denote a name so you can do this:

DO (basename + nameext)

Just watch out for spaces and variables as numbers... I uesually wrap a transform() around variables to remove this issue:

DO (TRANSFORM(basename) + TRANSFORM(nameext))

Brian

 

[Olaf Doschke]

or even simply &myproc.

lcCommand = "RUN /N notepad"
&lcCommand

It's named macro substitution.

Bye, Olaf.