# File: builtin-eval-example-1.py def dump(expression): result = eval(expression) print expression, "=>", result, type(result) dump("1") dump("1.0") dump("'string'") dump("1.0 + 2.0") dump("'*' * 10") dump("len('world')") ## 1 => 1 ## 1.0 => 1.0 ## 'string' => string ## 1.0 + 2.0 => 3.0 ## '*' * 10 => ********** ## len('world') => 5