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Re: exec "x = 3; print x" in a - How does it work?

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"Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> writes:

> What is the return value of `exec`?

You can refer to the documentation for questions like that.
<URL:https://docs.python.org/3/library/functions.html#exec>

> Would that object be then used to iterate the sequence in 'a'?

The ‘for’ or ‘while’ statements are correct for iteration.

> I'm reading this:
> https://www.python.org/download/releases/2.2.3/descrintro/

Why?

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exec "x = 3; print x" in a - How does it work? "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 10:57 +0530
  Re: exec "x = 3; print x" in a - How does it work? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2016-03-09 16:50 +1100
    Re: exec "x = 3; print x" in a - How does it work? "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 11:51 +0530
  Re: exec "x = 3; print x" in a - How does it work? Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2016-03-09 16:54 +1100
    Re: exec "x = 3; print x" in a - How does it work? "Veek. M" <vek.m1234@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 11:55 +0530
      Re: exec "x = 3; print x" in a - How does it work? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2016-03-09 17:34 +1100

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