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InteractiveInterpreter runsource() in Python

Last Updated : 26 Mar, 2020
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With the help of InteractiveInterpreter.runsource() method, we can compile and run the source having single or multiple lines by using InteractiveInterpreter.runsource() method.

Syntax : InteractiveInterpreter.runsource(code)

Return : Return the Output if compile successful else false with error.

Example #1 :
In this example we can see that by using InteractiveInterpreter.runsource() method, we are able to compile and run the piece of code and if run is successful we can get the result else false by using this method.




# import code and InteractiveInterpreter
from code import InteractiveInterpreter
  
code = 'print("GeeksForGeeks")'
# Using InteractiveInterpreter.runsource() method
InteractiveInterpreter().runsource(code)


Output :

GeeksForGeeks

Example #2 :




# import code and InteractiveInterpreter
from code import InteractiveInterpreter
  
code = 'a = 8; b = 2.5; -a = a + b'
# Using InteractiveInterpreter.runsource() method
InteractiveInterpreter().runsource(code)


Output :

SyntaxError: can’t assign to operator
False


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