Variable into command

[KrycerKris]

I have my script read a line from a file. How can I make the thing it reads into a command? To make AHK execute it, for example the file reads "C:=(A-32)", how can I make the script do the thing it reads?

[jeeswg]

A workaround to run code dynamically:
Run / RunWait
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm#ExecScript

[SirRFI]

Maybe look for some kind of Eval() function?

[Delta Pythagorean]

A workaround to run code dynamically:
Run / RunWait
https://autohotkey.com/docs/commands/Run.htm#ExecScript

He's right, I use this all the time:

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; ExecScript: Executes the given code as a new AutoHotkey process.
ExecScript(Script, Wait:=true)
{
    shell := ComObjCreate("WScript.Shell")
    exec := shell.Exec("AutoHotkey.exe /ErrorStdOut *")
    exec.StdIn.Write(script)
    exec.StdIn.Close()
    if Wait
        return exec.StdOut.ReadAll()
}

; Example:
InputBox expr,, Enter an expression to evaluate as a new script.,,,,,,,, Asc("*")
result := ExecScript("FileAppend % (" expr "), *")
MsgBox % "Result: " result

This is just an example.
You can manipulate this and the main script (Keep the function) and use it the way you want.