Transforming a str to an operator

[Stephen Hansen]

>
> num1 = raw_input('Enter the first number: ')
> num2 = raw_input('Enter the second number: ')
> op = raw_input('Select one of the following [+-*/]: ')
> print 'The answer is: ', int(num1), eval(op), int(num2)
>                                    ^^^^^^^^
>
> How do I convert the contents of "op" from a string to an actual
> arithmetic operator? eval() does not seem to be the answer. TIA!
>

You could eval(num1+op+num2), but it'd be safer to do:

import operator
operators = {"+": operator.add, "-": operator.sub, "*": operator.mul, "/":
operator.div}
fn = operators[op]
print "The answer is:", fn(int(num1), int(num2))

Its best to avoid eval when possible :)

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