Evaluating a mathematical expression in a string

Question

stringExp = \"2^4\"
intVal = int(stringExp)      # Expected value: 16

This returns the following error:

Traceback (most recent call         


        

Answer 1

Some safer alternatives to eval() and sympy.sympify().evalf()^*:

• asteval
• numexpr

^*SymPy sympify is also unsafe according to the following warning from the documentation.

Warning: Note that this function uses eval, and thus shouldn’t be used on unsanitized input.