Question

this is my code:

a= {'u':exec("def u(str):return Unicode(str,'utf-8')"),}
print a

but it show error :

SyntaxError: invalid syntax
(mysite)zjm1126@zjm1126-G41MT-S2:~/桌面/test$ python a.py
  File "a.py", line 5
    a= {'u':exec("def u(str):return Unicode(str,'utf-8')"),}
               ^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

i wiil stored it to my company’s database , it must be a dict ,

what can i do ,

thanks

Answer 1

Alternatives would be to store the function instead, or the code as text:

a= {'u': lambda x: Unicode(x,'utf-8')}

or

a= {'u':"def u(str):return Unicode(str,'utf-8')",}

and then execute it as

exec(a['u'])