Question

I have a function with a name, like this:

function tony {
   //do something
}

I also have a variable called currentName with the value ‘tony’, like this:

var currentName = 'tony';

What I want to know is whether there’s any way of activating the tony () function by using the variable currentName eg: +currentName+ (); (but I know that doesn’t work)?

Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Answer 1

If it’s in the global scope, you can use…

window[currentName]();