In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, manstey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Thanks. I didn't know eval could do that. But why do many posts say >they want a solution that doesn't use eval?
Because it is a security risk! eval("os.system('rm -rf /')") -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "I saw `cout' being shifted "Hello world" times to the left and stopped right there." --Steve Gonedes -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list