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Say I have the following string

a = "x**2+5"

and I want to use it to create the following lambda function:

b= lambda x: x**2+5

How do I do so?

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You can use eval(): b = lambda x: eval(a). Just remember that using eval() in a real program, where you do not have control over a and x, may cause tons of problems.

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I warned you :) nedbatchelder.com/blog/201206/eval_really_is_dangerous.html

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