# How execute in Julia this string? eval(Meta.parse()) not works

**URL:** https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-execute-in-julia-this-string-eval-meta-parse-not-works/24087
**Category:** General Usage
**Created:** [May 10, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-execute-in-julia-this-string-eval-meta-parse-not-works/24087 "2019-05-10T18:05:05Z")
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### Author: ![programista](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/programista/32/5372_2.png) [@programista](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/programista)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 6:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-execute-in-julia-this-string-eval-meta-parse-not-works/24087/1 "2019-05-10T18:05:05Z")

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I have some code for julia from another aplication but is with some trash…

```julia
julia> output
"a=rand(2,2)\r\nprintln(a)\r\nprintln(\"podporogram wykonany\")\r\nusing DelimitedFiles\r\nwritedlm(\"a.dat\",a,
'\\t');;;;;;;;"

julia> eval(Meta.parse(output))
ERROR: Base.Meta.ParseError("extra token after end of expression")
Stacktrace:
 [1] #parse#4(::Bool, ::Bool, ::Function, ::String) at .\meta.jl:169
 [2] parse(::String) at .\meta.jl:164
 [3] top-level scope at none:0

```

How execute this string in Julia ? In fact this sample is correctly like this :

```julia
a=rand(2,2)
println(a)
println("finished")
using DelimitedFiles
writedlm("a.dat",a,'\t');;;;;;;;

```

Paul

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### Author: ![pfitzseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pfitzseb/32/45566_2.png) [@pfitzseb](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pfitzseb)
#### Post date: [May 10, 2019, 6:30pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-execute-in-julia-this-string-eval-meta-parse-not-works/24087/2 "2019-05-10T18:30:39Z")

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```julia
julia> include_string(Main, "a=rand(2,2)\r\nprintln(a)\r\nprintln(\"podporogram wykonany\")\r\nusing DelimitedFiles\r\nwritedlm(\"a.dat\",a,
       '\\t');;;;;;;;")
[0.386343 0.511984; 0.826547 0.717828]
podporogram wykonany

```
