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Is it possible to convert an array into a function argument sequence? Example:

run({ "render": [ 10, 20, 200, 200 ] });

function run(calls) {
  var app = .... // app is retrieved from storage
  for (func in calls) {
    // What should happen in the next line?
    var args = ....(calls[func]);
    app[func](args);  // This is equivalent to app.render(10, 20, 200, 200);
  }
}
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Yes. You'll want to use the .apply() method. For example:

app[func].apply(this||window,args);

EDIT - Actually, my ||window bit is superfluous, since this resolves to window when called outside of a function anyway.

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This is straight up G. – Alan Jan 28 at 23:40
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You might want to take a look at a similar question posted on Stack Overflow. It uses the .apply() method to accomplish this.

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app[func].apply(this, args);
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