# Python expression calculator [closed]

This is a calculator I created. It can take all basic operators, including brackets. I am a beginner with Python so I want to know what can I do better next time I write something similar.

def eval(expression):
current = 0
while current < len(expression):
x = expression[current]
if x == '(':
levels = 1
inside = ''
while levels:
current+=1
x = expression[current]
if x == ')':
levels -= 1
if not levels:
expression = expression.replace('('+inside+')',str(eval(inside)))
current -= (len(inside)+2)
else:
inside+=')'
elif x == '(':
levels+=1
inside+=x
else:
inside+=x
current+=1
expressions = list(filter(None,expression.replace('+-','-').replace('-','+-').split('+')))
ret = 0
for exp in expressions:
if exp.find('*') == -1 and exp.find('/') == -1:
ret+=int(exp)
continue
op = '*'
expret = 1
exp +='*1'
while exp.find('*') > -1 or  exp.find('/') > -1:
next_mult = exp.find('*')
next_div = exp.find('/')
if next_mult > -1 and (next_mult < next_div or next_div==-1):
expret = multdiv(expret,op,float(exp[:next_mult]))
op = '*'
exp = exp[next_mult+1:]
elif next_div < next_mult:
expret = multdiv(expret,op,float(exp[:next_div]))
op = '/'
exp = exp[next_div+1:]
ret += expret
return ret
def multdiv(num1,op,num2):
if op == '*':
return num1*num2
return num1/num2

print(eval(input()))


## closed as off-topic by Gareth Rees, yuri, Stephen Rauch, Graipher, Donald.McLeanSep 13 '18 at 14:42

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• Crashes for 1 + -3 – Martin R Sep 11 '18 at 17:24
• See this answer for some advice on writing an expression evaluator. – Gareth Rees Sep 11 '18 at 18:46
• eval('(1*1)')ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '1.0' – Gareth Rees Sep 12 '18 at 15:46