eval() in python

[Xah Lee]

is it possible to eval a string like the following?

m='''
i0=[0,1]
i1=[2,3]
i2=[4,'a']

h0=[]
for j0 in i0:
h1=[]
for j1 in i1:
h2=[]
for j2 in i2:
h2.append(f(j0,j1,j2))
h1.append( h2[:] )
h0.append( h1[:] )
return h0'''

perhaps i'm tired, but why can't i run:

t='m=3'
print eval(t)

the doc seems to suggest that eval is only for expressions... it says
uses exec for statements, but i don't seem to see a exec function?

Xah
xa*@xahlee.org
∑ http://xahlee.org/

[harold fellermann]

> the doc seems to suggest that eval is only for expressions... it says

uses exec for statements, but i don't seem to see a exec function?

Python 2.4 (#1, Dec 30 2004, 08:00:10)
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1495)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

s="print 'hello Xah Lee :-)'"
exec(s) hello Xah Lee :-)

- harold -

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[Peter Hansen]

Xah Lee wrote:

the doc seems to suggest that eval is only for expressions... it says
uses exec for statements, but i don't seem to see a exec function?

Because it's a statement: http://docs.python.org/ref/exec.html#l2h-563

[Jeff Epler]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2005 at 08:13:47AM -0400, Peter Hansen wrote:

Xah Lee wrote:

the doc seems to suggest that eval is only for expressions... it says
uses exec for statements, but i don't seem to see a exec function?

Because it's a statement: http://docs.python.org/ref/exec.html#l2h-563

but the documentation is sooooooo baaaaaaad that it makes babies cry and
maybe spreads herpes too.

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[Benji York]

harold fellermann wrote:

>>> s="print 'hello Xah Lee :-)'"
>>> exec(s)

hello Xah Lee :-)

Note that because "exec" is a statement, the parentheses above are
superfluous.
--
Benji York

[Martin Blume]

"Xah Lee" schrieb

perhaps i'm tired, but why can't i run:

t='m=3'
print eval(t)

Perhaps you didn't read the documentation? :-)
Perhaps you didn't try hard enough?
C:\WINNT>c:\programme\python\python
Python 2.4 (#60, Nov 30 2004, 11:49:19) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)]
on win32
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more
information.

t='m=3'
m Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
NameError: name 'm' is not defined exec(t)
m 3

HTH
Martin