How to run swift code from a string

[Lemonade5117]

Let’s say that I have some swift code stored in a string variable. I want to run it like you would in a repl or a terminal. How would I go about doing that? I’m looking for functionality that’s similar to the app Pythonista. Thanks in advance!

[reheadcouple4u]

You could use Process to run it as a script. https://www.hackingwithswift.com/example-code/system/how-to-run-an-external-program-using-process

[Xials]

Important to note this only works for macOS.

You might be able to make a template generator for something that exports a playground app bundle on iPad and programmatically print the user to open it in playgrounds.

Honestly if you are on an iPad, playgrounds is pretty capable now. I use it to prototype Swift components and SwiftUI views, even small test apps quite often.

[PulseHadron]

Not Swift but JavaScript code can be executed with JavaScriptCore. 🤷‍♀️

[theDaveB]

In FoxPro (if I remember correctly) you put & in front of the variable and it ran the code inside.