Is there a way of executing a command in a string?

[Jerry He]

Hi, 
  suppose I have the following string

cmdstr = "b = lambda s: s*s"

  Is there a way to execute this string other than
copying it onto a file and then importing it? 

thanks in advance, 

Jerry

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