How to dynamically define function name and call these functions?

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I need to define 10 functions like this:
SetData1()
SetData2()
SetData3()
SetData4()
SetData5()
SetData6()
SetData7()
SetData8()
SetData9()
SetData10()

How can I define the function dynamically in run-time instead of hardwiring it?

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Posted 24-Jul-12 7:11am

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Zoltán Zörgő 24-Jul-12 13:22pm

It is most unlikely, that something like this is needed - although it can be achieved with runtime compilation. You probably need to rethink the logic of your program a little bit. How exactly do you want to use these methods?

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 24-Jul-12 14:27pm

Agree with Zoltán. I don't think you understand what you really need. Before asking how to do that, explain your ultimate goals, to get a really useful advice.
--SA

lewax00 24-Jul-12 14:37pm

If you give us some more context we might be able to help you, you haven't really provided enough information to give you a clear answer (and honestly, it looks like you might be trying to go about this, whatever it is, in the wrong way).

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2012-07-24T08:11:00

As Zoltan says, runtime compilation will let you do this, but I also suspect that this is probably a major design problem if you need to do this on a regular basis.

Why do you think you need this? Do you need to declare the function body at runtime?

I would probably look at trying to use delegates instead of runtime compilation. If you can, that would be a much, much easier solution to maintain (and debug!)

Clifford Nelson · Answer 2 · 2012-07-24T13:20:00

Solution 3

You should be able to use Roslyn. The following has some information on using Roslyn for this: Using Roslyn ScriptEngine for a ValueConverter to process user input[^]. Since I do not know details, cannot know if this will help.

Posted 24-Jul-12 13:20pm

Clifford Nelson