Equivalent of python eval in Haskell

Question

There is function in python called eval that takes string input and evaluates it.

>>> x = 1
>>> print eval(\'x+1\')
2
>>>         


        

Answer 1

It doesn't have an inbuilt eval function. However are some packages on hackage that can do the same sort of thing. (docs). Thanks to @luqui there is also hint.