# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
Created on Mon Nov  7 11:01:23 2022

@author: cpresser
"""
def f(x):
    return x**2

y = 5.3
data = [4, 5, 7]

inString = input("Enter an expression: ")

result = ""  #make sure result is defined
try:
    #evaluate the input, produce a result
    result = eval(inString)
    print("Evaluation Complete")
except NameError:  #this is only if there is a NameError
    #something went wrong
    #print("ERROR!")
    #in case of a NameError, treat inString as the result
    result = inString
except IndexError as e:  #error information in variable e
    print(f"{inString}  {e}")
    result = data
    
print(f"{result} has the type {type(result)}")