+            variable = m.group('var')
+            member = remove_quotes(m.group('member') or m.group('member2'))
+            arg_str = m.group('args')
+
+            if variable in local_vars:
+                obj = local_vars[variable]
+            else:
+                if variable not in self._objects:
+                    self._objects[variable] = self.extract_object(variable)
+                obj = self._objects[variable]
+
+            if arg_str is None:
+                # Member access
+                if member == 'length':
+                    return len(obj)
+                return obj[member]
+
+            assert expr.endswith(')')
+            # Function call
+            if arg_str == '':
+                argvals = tuple()
+            else:
+                argvals = tuple([
+                    self.interpret_expression(v, local_vars, allow_recursion)
+                    for v in arg_str.split(',')])
+
+            if member == 'split':
+                assert argvals == ('',)
+                return list(obj)
+            if member == 'join':
+                assert len(argvals) == 1
+                return argvals[0].join(obj)
+            if member == 'reverse':
+                assert len(argvals) == 0
+                obj.reverse()
+                return obj
+            if member == 'slice':
+                assert len(argvals) == 1
+                return obj[argvals[0]:]
+            if member == 'splice':
+                assert isinstance(obj, list)
+                index, howMany = argvals
+                res = []
+                for i in range(index, min(index + howMany, len(obj))):
+                    res.append(obj.pop(index))
+                return res
+
+            return obj[member](argvals)
+
+        for op, opfunc in _OPERATORS:
+            m = re.match(r'(?P<x>.+?)%s(?P<y>.+)' % re.escape(op), expr)
+            if not m:
+                continue
+            x, abort = self.interpret_statement(
+                m.group('x'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
+            if abort:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Premature left-side return of %s in %r' % (op, expr))
+            y, abort = self.interpret_statement(
+                m.group('y'), local_vars, allow_recursion - 1)
+            if abort:
+                raise ExtractorError(
+                    'Premature right-side return of %s in %r' % (op, expr))
+            return opfunc(x, y)