Python ast code to call a function _bar(), pass in a value and assign the returned value to a variable called "result", i.e. equivalent to result = _bar("theResult")

asCallAFunctionWithAParameter.py

import ast
# ast code to call a function _bar(), pass in a value and assign the returned value to a variable called "result", i.e. equivalent to
# result = _bar("theResult")

def _bar(theStr):
        return theStr

assignresult = ast.Module(body=[ ast.Assign(targets = [
                        ast.Name(id = 'result', ctx = ast.Store())],
                        value = ast.Call(func = ast.Name(id='_bar', ctx = ast.Load()), ctx = ast.Load(), args=[ast.Name(id="theResult", ctx = ast.Load())], keywords=[]))
                        ])
ast.fix_missing_locations(assignresult)

co = compile(assignresult, "<ast>", "exec")
exec(co)