Re: How do I convert arithemtic string (like "2+2") to a number?

Well, a bit more secure would be eval(expression, {'__builtins__': {}}, {}) or alike. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Alternative to standard C "for"

Hi there, I am quite new to Python, and have a straight & simple question. In C, there is for (init; cond; advance). We all know that. In Python there are two ways to loop over i=A..B (numerical.): 1) i = A while ihttp://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list