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tester9271
tester9271

Reputation: 41

Python eval function and passing arguments?

How can I pass variables to an eval function?

I have tried some solutions posted here on SO as well as reading through the Python documentation

I have this section of code 'v' which I would like to reuse in another part of my code. Here is a snippet:

 v = lambda r5, cdate : somefunc(r4, cdate) + math.exp(-t_3m*r1 - t_6m*r2 - t_1y*r3 - t_2y*r4 - retfrac(d[4], d[5], cdate, eoffset = 730)*r5) + \
                                                      math.exp(-t_3m*r1 - t_6m*r2 - t_1y*r3 - t_2y*r4 - t_3y*r5)

I would then like to do something to the likes of: 

w = "v(r5, cdate) + math.exp(-t_3m*r1 - t_6m*r2 - t_1y*r3 - t_2y*r4 - t_3y*r5)*(0"
# + some other expressions that I have to build up using a for loop since there is no closed form solution
func = lambda r6, cdate = i[30] : (five_year + (coupon_five_year/2)*(1-(ia_5y/.5))) - (coupon_five_year/2)*(eval(w)) - 100*math.exp(-t_3m*r1 - t_6m*r2 - t_1y*r3 - t_2y*r4 - t_3y*r5 - t_5y*r6)
                r6 = fsolve(func, xguess)[0]

When I try to evaluate this, I am getting an error that says:

NameError: name 'v' is not defined

Once I remove v, from the expression for w, I then get a NameError for t_3m and it just waters through all of the variables. Could someone please help me out?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2014

Answers (1)

Alain T.
Alain T.

Reputation: 42143

The eval function accepts two additional parameters to provide it with global and local variables.

You simply need to call it like this: eval(w,globals(),locals())

That's assuming the variable references made in the w string are all in scope when you call eval().

Upvotes: 1

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