# Possible to pass a function name?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-pass-a-function-name/299009>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [October 28, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-pass-a-function-name/299009 "2009-10-28T14:50:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![jik\_ff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc79bd/32.png) [@jik\_ff](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jik_ff)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2009, 2:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/possible-to-pass-a-function-name/299009/1 "2009-10-28T14:50:13Z")

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Is it possible to call a function from a string? such as if I passed the name of a function to this function, is there a command to convert the string to a function call? :

function CallSpecific(passedFunctionName:String)

I used String, but it was just a guess…