# Is it possible to use a variable in the name of a function?
**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-variable-in-the-name-of-a-function/119442
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**Created:** [August 14, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-variable-in-the-name-of-a-function/119442 "2004-08-14T23:28:02Z")
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### Author:  [@jsears](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jsears)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2004, 11:28pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-variable-in-the-name-of-a-function/119442/1 "2004-08-14T23:28:02Z")
I’d like to have a number of different functions named something like:
“function1”, “function2”, “function3”, all the way up to function100.
I’d like to be able to call them by adding the the number as a variable. For example:
type = 2;
function+type();
Which would call function2. I’m trying to avoid a huge if/else statement by only calling the functions I need.
Is this even possible? Can a function be called if part of the function name is a variable? Is there another way to join “function” with the variable and then call it? Thanks!
-John
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### Author:  [@senocular](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/senocular)
#### Post date: [August 14, 2004, 11:38pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-variable-in-the-name-of-a-function/119442/2 "2004-08-14T23:38:24Z")
see
[http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12082](http://www.kirupaforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12082)
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### Author:  [@dangerskew](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/dangerskew)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-it-possible-to-use-a-variable-in-the-name-of-a-function/119442/3 "2004-08-15T00:11:08Z")
Or simply:
type = 2;
\_root"function"+type;