The ability for Python to parse itself is a capability that most developers never utilize. You can read Python source code as a structured tree of nodes rather than as text by using the ast (Abstract Syntax Tree) module. You can then examine, evaluate, or modify the code programmatically. This is how code analysis tools, formatters, linters, and type checkers are constructed. Let's see how it functions. What Is an Abstract Syntax Tree? When Python runs your code, the first thing it does is parse it into an AST, which is a tree structure that represents each statement, expression, operator and value. The representation that lies in between raw source text and bytecode is called the AST. import ast source = " x = 1 + 2 " tree = ast . parse ( source ) print ( ast .…