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kinsman@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Aphoriel/Kinsman) writes:

>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

	Well, I don't know the specifics of what you are doing, but you might
want to look into the switch/case statements....

Chad R. Collins
collins@blkbox.com