compile() generates a code object : compile « Buildin Function « Python Tutorial

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2. Buildin Function
3. compile

# The last argument is a string indicating the code object type. 

# There are three possible values:
# 'eval':  Evaluatable expression to be used with eval()
# 'single': Single executable statement to be used with exec
# 'exec': Group of executable statements to be used with exec


eval_code = compile('100 + 200', '', 'eval')
print eval(eval_code)