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I'm trying to call a function from a variable containing it's name.

More precisely, my idea is to have a timed "master" function, which will call a set of functions every n seconds.

The set of functions to call would be defined in an array, populated by names based on the called page.

Found this in jquery: Calling a Jquery function from variable value but no luck.

Any suggestions on how to achieve this?

Thnx.

EDTI

Here's a stub of code i'm working on:

var exec = "updateClock";
var updateClock = function () {
     //something nice here :)
};

var timer = setInterval(function () {
    $scope.$apply([exec]);
}, 15000);
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    You should share the code of what you have tried. You can store function references in variables or with angular in $scope variables. Maybe if you show what you have tried it would be easier to help. Functions calling other functions is called functional programming and is very common in javascript :). Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 12:41
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    why strings? You can store references to functions themselves. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 12:43
  • Pages are generated dynamically, each page has it's own set. So the idea is to write the function array server side. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 14:48
  • Make the function a property on an object and then someObject[exec].call(). Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 14:50
  • Ok, I like the object approach. Will give it a try. Commented Sep 3, 2015 at 14:55
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