converting a string function name to an actual function call

[oliver]

Hi everyone,

is it possible to program kind of a general function that applies the name of a function (given as a char [] ) to arguments. The following code does not work but something in the same spirit.

Thanks once more to this very patient group.
Oliver

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import std.stdio;

int f1( int a ) { 
    return a+1;
}

int f2( int b ) { 
    return b-10;
}

int apply(char [] name, int arg) {
    return name(arg);
}

int main() {
    int i = 1;
    i = f1(i);
    writefln("i: ",i);
    i = f2(i);
    writefln("i: ",i);
    i = apply( "f1", i );
    i = apply( "f2", i );
    writefln("i: ",i);
    return 0;
}