Input problem

Piet van Oostrum piet at cs.uu.nl
Tue Jun 16 17:39:03 EDT 2009


>>>>> Lie Ryan <lie.1296 at gmail.com> (LR) wrote:

>LR> Piet van Oostrum wrote:
>>>>>>>> Prasoon <prasoonthegreat at gmail.com> (P) wrote:
>>> 
>P> What is the difference between
>P> z=int(raw_input()) and z=eval(raw_input())????(I thought them to be
>P> the same in case of integers)
>>> 
>P> I mean when an integer is entered in that case are they same and when
>P> an integer in not entered,in that case how are they different?????

>>>>> z=eval(raw_input())  # or z = input() in py-2
>LR> import subprocess; subprocess.Popen(['killuser', 'now', '-j20', '-O3'])
>LR> eocaioewurf4fcrejcomefvweracv
>>>>> _

SyntaxError: invalid syntax eval will not accept statements like import,
only expressions. But as Scott David Daniels already had mentioned you
can shoot yourself in the foot easily with input() or eval() if you
can't trust the input.
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