How do I execute a string containing Python code in Python?

Question

How do I execute a string containing Python code in Python?

Answer 1

It's worth mentioning, that' exec's brother exist as well called execfile if you want to call a python file. That is sometimes good if you are working in a third party package which have terrible IDE's included and you want to code outside of their package.

Example:

execfile('/path/to/source.py)'

or:

exec(open("/path/to/source.py").read())