JavaScript: Dynamically call a function inside an object

Question

I have an object that contains many functions

var obj = {
    'Func1': function() {},
    'Func2': function() {},
    'Func3': function() {},
    'Func4': function() {}
...
}
var functionToCall = 'Func2';

I want to dynamically call a function inside the object using a string value. Any idea how to achieve this in JavaScript?

See [property accessors](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Operators/Property_Accessors) — elclanrs, Mar 10 '16 at 21:15
Possible duplicate of [Accessing a JSON property (String) using a variable](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19300236/accessing-a-json-property-string-using-a-variable) — Mike Cluck, Mar 10 '16 at 21:16

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '16 at 21:18

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Just look up the object's property using [], then use () to call the function

obj[functionToCall]();

answered Mar 10 '16 at 21:18

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score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 10 '16 at 21:15

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You can access properties of object by []:

obj['Func2']();

answered Mar 10 '16 at 21:15

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 11 '16 at 17:41

This is all there's to it :

var obj = {
    'Func1': function() { alert('Func1') },
    'Func2': function() { alert('Func2') },
    'Func3': function() { alert('Func3') },
    'Func4': function() { alert('Func4') }
}

var functionToCall = 'Func2';
obj[functionToCall]();

(see also this Fiddle)

JavaScript: Dynamically call a function inside an object

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