import ast import operator as python_operator _OPERATORS = { ast.Add: python_operator.add, ast.Div: python_operator.truediv, ast.Mult: python_operator.mul, ast.Pow: python_operator.pow, ast.Sub: python_operator.sub, ast.USub: python_operator.neg, } def _evaluate(node, names): if isinstance(node, ast.Num): return node.n if isinstance(node, ast.Name): return names[node.id] if isinstance(node, ast.UnaryOp): operand = _evaluate(node.operand, names=names) return _OPERATORS[type(node.op)](operand) if isinstance(node, ast.BinOp): operand_left = _evaluate(node.left, names=names) operand_right = _evaluate(node.right, names=names) return _OPERATORS[type(node.op)](operand_left, operand_right) raise Exception(node) def evaluate_expression(expr_str, names): expr = ast.parse(expr_str, mode="eval") return _evaluate(expr.body, names=names)