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

astCallAFunction.py

import ast

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


def _foo():
        return "It worked!"

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

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