assign output of print to a variable in python

Question

i want to know how to assign the output of print to a variable.

so if

mystring = \"a=\\\'12\\\'\"

then

print mys         


        

Answer 1

I believe one of these two things will accomplish what you're looking for:

The Python exec statement: http://docs.python.org/reference/simple_stmts.html#exec or the Python eval function: http://docs.python.org/library/functions.html#eval

Both of them let you dynamically evaluate strings as Python code.

UPDATE:

What about:

def calltest(keywordstr):
    return eval("test(" + keywordstr + ")")

I think that will do what you're looking for.