How do you take a function from an excel spreadsheet and run it with python?

Question

Hello whoever is reading this. I am having trouble taking a python function from an excel spreadsheet and then running it in python. I'd like to stress on the fact that I actually defined my function in python, and it's not an excel function.

Please note that this is my second time questioning and have only ever done coding as a hobby.

Here is an example of what I want to take: heal(2,c)

I am using xlrd to analyze data on the spreadsheet. Here is a chunk from my code.

    e = worksheet.cell(rowidx,colidx+1)
    f = str(e).replace("'","")
    g = f.replace("text:","")

This chunk focuses on converting the 'cell object' to a 'string' and making it look like the function required. The end result is this:

    g = heal(2,c)

My problem is that I cannot seem to activate this function. I have also tried doing "g()" but it came up with the error message: File "C:\\Users\\Alexander\\Dropbox\\Documents\\Python\\Hearthstone\\Hearthstone.py", line 18, in play g() TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

I do not mind if you tell me a way to activate "g" or just directly run it from the spreadsheet. Please let me know if you need any more information. Thank you for you time.

Answer 1

You can use eval for same. Here, I am considering that funciton is defined in current file only.

Example:

eval('heal(2,c)')

If function is defined in other file ie "file",import it and call using:

Example: import file

eval('file.heal(2,c)')