import sys,imp
my_code = 'a = 5'
mymodule = imp.new_module('mymodule')
exec my_code in mymodule.__dict__
In Python 3, exec is a function, so this should work:
import sys,imp
my_code = 'a = 5'
mymodule = imp.new_module('mymodule')
exec(my_code, mymodule.__dict__)
Now access the module attributes (and functions, classes etc) as:
print(mymodule.a)
>>> 5
To ignore any next attempt to import, add the module to sys:
sys.modules[‘mymodule’] = mymodule