Re: Need an eval(String ) like function

On 18 Mar 2005, at 15:03, binwbwang wrote:

> Sometimes we need to parse string and get the value.
> e.g.
>  assert 5 == eval("2+3") // Python supports this feature
>  list = ["ab",1,2,3]
>
>  assert "ab" == eval["list[0]"] // using the current variable to 
> evaluate the expression, this feature(need more consideration) is an 
> optional if it's difficult to implement..

Try in a script the 'evaluate()' method which does what you describe.

In Java land you can simulate this with the GroovyShell

GroovyShell shell = new GroovyShell()
Object answer = shell.evaluate("2 + 3")

James
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