Python question / help

[Davey]

Hi
Fairly new to python...
I have a user typing a string like this:
1000 / 2 * 5 + 616

Is there an easy way to get the result of this equation in python?

Thanks
Davey

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In totality, this is what I am trying to do:
I have text as seen below and I would like to get the final result after the loop
If anyone can help guide me in this I would really appreciate it.

RegistNum[q+=1]:=1000 / 2 * 5 + 616
RegistNum[q+=1]:=89 * 987 - 84615
RegistNum[q+=1]:=898 * 7 - 2141
RegistNum[q+=1]:=200 * 10 / 2 + 3093
RegistNum[q+=1]:=q
amt:=RegistNum[q], j:=21867

for i:=1 to amt do
sum += RegistNum[i](i52) / (26 * (q/2))
end for

[Davey]

Hi guys
I figured it out
to get the result of a mathematical equation in string form, use eval
s = "3 * 8 - 99 / 3"
eval(s) - will return the result of that mathematical eq