I have tried SR.  I get a malformed value.  Yes, I understand the
problem with eval.  Do you have any suggestions on how to get the
right value into maxima.solve?

On Sep 1, 11:32 am, Robert Bradshaw <rober...@math.washington.edu>
wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2009, Mikie wrote:
>
> > When I run the server with the function above and the following string
> > from a text box I get
> > [y=-1,x=0].  The string is "[3*x-y-1,x+(1/3)*y]"
>
> > It is changing the input value to [3*x-y-1,x]
>
> 1/3 = 0 in Python. Also, I hope you realize how dangerous
>
> eval("random string someone gave you from the web") is!
>
> - Robert
>
>
>
>
>
> > On Sep 1, 10:38 am, Mikie <thephantom6...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Sorry, wrong function
>
> >> def MSolveSys(syss):
> >>    eqns=eval(syss)
> >>    solns=maxima.solve(eqns)
> >>    return solns
>
> >> On Sep 1, 10:31 am, Jason Grout <jason-s...@creativetrax.com> wrote:
>
> >>> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
> >>>> On Sep 1, 2009, at 9:17 AM, Mikie wrote:
>
> >>>>> Here is function I am using to solve systems of linear equations.
>
> >>>>> def MSolveSys(syss):
> >>>>>    eqns=eval(syss)
> >>>>>    solns=maxima.solve(syss)
> >>>>>    return solns
>
> >>>>> Works great in the notebook, but when I put it in a Python script it
> >>>>> rounds the coeficients of the variables and thus produces bad
> >>>>> solutions.
>
> >>>> Perhaps eval here is the culprit. You might have to parse it a bit  
> >>>> yourself. SR("...") will parse expressions.
>
> >>> Mikie effectively isn't using "eval", right?  That line (and the "eqns"
> >>> variable) is not being used.
>
> >>> Jason
>
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