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Python :: rs

rs -- execute Python source code from a string

Synopsis

Usage:

rs s

runPythonString s
Inputs:
- s, a string, containing Python source code;
Outputs:
- a python object, the return value of the given code;

Description

This function a is wrapper around the function PyRun_String from the Python C API. It is also available as runPythonString.

i1 : rs "2 + 2"

o1 = 4

o1 : PythonObject of class int

See also

runSimpleString -- execute Python source code from a string in __main__

For the programmer

The object rs is a function closure.