AST stands for Abstract Syntax Tree, which is a potent tool of the Python programming language. It allows us to interact with the Python code itself and can modify it.

What is AST in coding?

An Abstract Syntax Tree, or AST, is a tree representation of the source code of a computer program that conveys the structure of the source code. Each node in the syntax tree represents a construct occurring in the source code.

What is AST object?

In computer science, an abstract syntax tree (AST), or just syntax tree, is a tree representation of the abstract syntactic structure of text (often source code) written in a formal language. Each node of the tree denotes a construct occurring in the text.