Parsing Python code with a Python Program

[Michael Hudson]

pgw <a6c21487 at telus.net> writes:

> Hello,
> 
> I would like to pass strings to a Python
> application and have them executed as though
> they were lines of code.
> 
> Is 'exec()' the function that I am looking for
> and/or is there an example of this somewhere?

Well, it's a statement, not a function, but yes, that's what you're
looking for.

Cheers,
mwh

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