[Tutor] Python script engine

[Glen Wheeler]

> Hello,
> In my application I  would like to allow users to add/use basic
> python  commands but I do not want users to change my code of
> application directly.
>

  Hi :) This sounds like you want to take raw_input then eval or exec
it...but that can lead to problems like malicious users killing your server,
so why not take a different approach?

>
> For example my program expects
> telephone. number in  format
> +442076812563
> but a user sometimes may want to
> supply
> 0044  207 681 2563
> (please note a blank).
> Then the user would need
> to use  STRING.JOIN  Python function  to get from the user's input
> (0044  207 681 2563) the string that my program expects
> (+442076812563)
>
> Does anyone have any idea how to do that?
>

  Well, you could think about all the ways that a user can input your string
and then your program can format it itself.  Like if there is a space in the
string, remove all the spaces.  If somebody puts brackets in, then remove
them.  If there is no plus sign, add one.  They aren't very difficult
compared to the sort of checking you would have to do if you went with the
user minupulating his/her own string...and the user doensn't need to know
python either :)

  HTH,
  Glen