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Goto [variable] in C++ ?

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From: Aphoriel/Kinsman
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 14:44
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This is a question from someone new to C...

How could I set up C code so that a program goes to a function where the name
of the function is placed in a string variable? The specific use I'm thinking
of is for an adventure game, where the function the parser calls depends on
the verb the player used in typing in his command.. I could set it up as:

-If verb_parsed is 'eat' then call eat_function
-If verb_parsed is 'give' then call give_function

and so forth, but this is awful... How could I write it in C to look like:

-Go to [verb_parsed + string_holding_parameter_characters]

Like that.

Thanks in advance,
-Sean Givan / Aphoriel/Kinsman
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From: kinsman@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Aphoriel/Kinsman)
Subject: Goto [variable] in C++ ?
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