How to use the -c flag in python

Question

I noticed in the python doc that there is a -c flag. Here is what python doc says:

Execute the Python code in command. comma

Answer 1

Easiest example

python -c "print 'example'"

It is useful whenever your program has a single line of code, for example, list comprehensions, etc.

Another example can be

python -c "a='example';print a"

As you can see, multiple statements are separated by ;