execute python code and save the stdout as a string

[jwaixs]

Hello,

I've a question. Can I execute a part of a python code and put it's
output in a string? Something like this:

s = ""
s = exec """print "Hello World" """
print s

Greetz,

Noud

[Leif K-Brooks]

jwaixs wrote:

I've a question. Can I execute a part of a python code and put it's
output in a string?

import sys
from cStringIO import StringIO

def exec_and_get_output(code): ... old_stdout = sys.stdout
... sys.stdout = StringIO()
... try:
... exec code in {}, {}
... return sys.stdout.getvalue()
... finally:
... sys.stdout = old_stdout
... exec_and_get_output("print 'foo'")

'foo\n'

[jwaixs]

Thank you, this really looks cool!