How to turn a string into an operation?

Question

How can I turn this string:

a = "1 + 2 + 3"

into an operation which will output 6? Is there any code made for this?

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score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '21 at 22:28

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You can use eval:

>>> a = "1 + 2 + 3"
>>> eval(a)
6

answered Jan 23 '21 at 22:28

ruohola

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