How to calculate a file of equations in python

[Michael Bentley]

On Mar 19, 2007, at 11:48 PM, John wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a text file which contains math expression, like this
> 134
> +234
> +234
>
> (i.e. an operation (e.g. '+) and then a number and then a new line).
>
> Can you please tell me what is the easiest way to calculate that file?
> for example the above example should be = 134 + 234 + 234 = 602.
>

Easiest?

eval(' '.join(open(fileName).readlines()).replace('\n',''))