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    Calling a function from a library by command line arguments

    Hello everyone,

    I want to do the following in C Language:
    - Program takes 2 arguments by command line arguments: first argument is library name, and second is function name from that library. (I know how to do that)
    -The program then includes the library as
    Code:
    #include <library_name>
    and also calls the function which has a function signature as
    Code:
    double function(double argument)
    . What is a way that could do this task? How to get the library and function to work by getting them from argv[]?
    - Read all double values from input and apply the function to all the values. E.g: sin(0). (Can do that if I know how to get the function by using argv[])


    What I have done is that I tried getting the library include tag as a string and convert it to executable code but apparently it is impossible in C to do such thing.
    Any idea will be highly appreciated! Thanks!
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    Which OS and compiler are you using?
    If you dance barefoot on the broken glass of undefined behaviour, you've got to expect the occasional cut.
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    I am using Ubuntu, running gcc compiler

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    dlopen(3) - Linux man page

    void *dlopen(const char *filename, int flag);
    Open your library

    void *dlsym(void *handle, const char *symbol);
    Look up a symbol, cast it to a suitable function pointer

    int dlclose(void *handle);
    Close when you're done

    Er

    That's it.
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    That's a great idea! But just a silly question, how would I use the function with some values after getting it by *dlsym?

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