Converting = to ==

[Moshe Zadka]

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, Warren Postma wrote:

> I have an "end user query tool" that uses Python expressions, but I want
> comparisons to be able to be written either as A=B or A==B then I want to
> compare them using Python's Eval function.

Try using the tokenize model to tokenize the string, and replacing "="
with "==" at the token level. This will also gurrantee you won't be fooled
by strings containing "=" or other evils.

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