Pass function name in arguments

[triexa]

Say I wanted to call a function like so

doSomething('test', "aFunction");

how could I have the doSomething function later called aFunction, or whatever was passed?

[Logic Ali]

Say I wanted to call a function like so

doSomething('test', "aFunction");

how could I have the doSomething function later called aFunction, or whatever was passed?

Presumably you mean that you want to convert a string into the name of a function?

function doSomething( param1, funcNameString )
{
 ..........

 window[ funcNameString ]();

}

[triexa]

Presumably you mean that you want to convert a string into the name of a function?

function doSomething( param1, funcNameString )
{
 ..........

 window[ funcNameString ]();

}

PERFECT! How did you know about this -- what is it called? I searched google for "variable function" but got nowhere. Is it supported in all browsers?

[Kravvitz]

I'm not aware of a term for it. It's just one of the basics of how variables and functions work in JavaScript. So, yes, it's supported by all browsers that support JavaScript.

All variables and functions are properties and methods, respectively, of some object. Global variables and functions are properties and methods, respectively, of the global object, which is known as "window", among other things. Thusly you can access (get references for) global variables and functions via window.variableName (using dot syntax) or window['variableName'] (using array syntax).

[triexa]

I'm not aware of a term for it. It's just one of the basics of how variables and functions work in JavaScript. So, yes, it's supported by all browsers that support JavaScript.

All variables and functions are properties and methods, respectively, of some object. Global variables and functions are properties and methods, respectively, of the global object, which is known as "window", among other things. Thusly you can access (get references for) global variables and functions via window.variableName (using dot syntax) or window.['variableName'] (using array syntax).

How come you use "dots" in your examples, but not in your original answer - which works...?

[Kravvitz]

I added one dot by mistake. I edited my post to fix it.

They should look like this:

window.variableName
window['variableName']

I should add that when you use array syntax you can use a string variable in place of a string. Logic Ali demonstrated that in his answer.

[stereofrog]

PERFECT! How did you know about this -- what is it called? I searched google for "variable function" but got nowhere. Is it supported in all browsers?

In javascript function is a value like any other. You can assign functions to variables and pass them as arguments just like any other type.

stringVar = "cow";
funcVar = function() { alert(blah) }

otherFunc(stringVar);
otherFunc(funcVar);

[SimplyFu]

function in javascript is an object reference itself. This reading will literally help your understanding. More practises are needed if you are not well experienced with javascript

[stereofrog]

javascript is a pure OO language, that is, everything is an object reference, not only function.