All the operators are available as functions in the operator module. Just use a dict to select the correct function.
import operator ops = {"and": operator.and_, "or": operator.or_} op1 = ops[lo1] op3 = ops[lo3] if op3( op1( condition1, condition2), condition4) : #do something On Tue, Apr 13, 2010 at 11:56 AM, Vishal Rana <ranavis...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I need to construct an if statement from the data coming from the client as > below: > > conditions: condition1, condition2, condition3, condition4 logical operators: > lo1, lo2, lo3 (Possible values: "and" "or") > > Eg. > > if condition1 lo1 condition2 lo3 condition4: > > # Do something > > I can think of eval/exec but not sure how safe they are! Any better approach > or alternative? Appreciate your responses :) > > PS: Client-side: Flex, Server-side: Python, over internet > > Thanks > > Vishal > > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list