How can I assign the value of a variable using eval in python?

Question

Okay. So my question is simple: How can I assign the value of a variable using eval in Python? I tried eval(\'x = 1\') but that won\'t work. It returns a Syntax

Answer 1

You can actually put exec() command inside eval()

So your statement would look like eval("exec('x = 1')")

p.s. this is dangerous