Calling functions by making part of their name with variable

[crouzilles]

Hi,

I am new to python and programming in general.

I have the following 4 functions:

• __scroll_down
  
• __scroll_up
  
• __scroll_left
  
• __scroll_right
  

I also have a variable called direction which can contain either: down, up, left or right

Is there a way to call a function based on the variable name, maybe something like this __scroll_{direction}() ?

Thank you for your time and help
Crouz