How to convert string to operator in java

Question

I want to convert some String to an operator like this:

int value = 1;
int valueToCompare = 3;
String operation = \"<\";

if (value operation         


        

Answer 1

Answer

For completeness¸I would like to add that there already exists a lot of code for this. I know you asked a very specific question, but the general answer would be to look at existing solutions how that is done.

Example:

Built-in method for evaluating math expressions in Java