Is there an easy way to parse a simple math expression represented as a string such as (x+(2*x)/(1-x)), provide a value for x, and get a result?
I looked at the VSAEngine per several online examples, however, I am getting a warning that this assembly has been deprecated and not to use it.
If it makes any differences, I am using .NET 4.0.
Here is one way to do it. This code is written in Java. Note it does not handle negative numbers right now, but you can add that.
public class ExpressionParser {
public double eval(String exp, Map<String, Double> vars){
int bracketCounter = 0;
int operatorIndex = -1;
for(int i=0; i<exp.length(); i++){
char c = exp.charAt(i);
if(c == '(') bracketCounter++;
else if(c == ')') bracketCounter--;
else if((c == '+' || c == '-') && bracketCounter == 0){
operatorIndex = i;
break;
}
else if((c == '*' || c == '/') && bracketCounter == 0 && operatorIndex < 0){
operatorIndex = i;
}
}
if(operatorIndex < 0){
exp = exp.trim();
if(exp.charAt(0) == '(' && exp.charAt(exp.length()-1) == ')')
return eval(exp.substring(1, exp.length()-1), vars);
else if(vars.containsKey(exp))
return vars.get(exp);
else
return Double.parseDouble(exp);
}
else{
switch(exp.charAt(operatorIndex)){
case '+':
return eval(exp.substring(0, operatorIndex), vars) + eval(exp.substring(operatorIndex+1), vars);
case '-':
return eval(exp.substring(0, operatorIndex), vars) - eval(exp.substring(operatorIndex+1), vars);
case '*':
return eval(exp.substring(0, operatorIndex), vars) * eval(exp.substring(operatorIndex+1), vars);
case '/':
return eval(exp.substring(0, operatorIndex), vars) / eval(exp.substring(operatorIndex+1), vars);
}
}
return 0;
}
}
You need to import java.util.Map.
Here is how I use this code:
ExpressionParser p = new ExpressionParser();
Map vars = new HashMap<String, Double>();
vars.put("x", 2.50);
System.out.println(p.eval(" 5 + 6 * x - 1", vars));