Writing a mini-language

Question

I have an application that needs to allow users to write expressions similar to excel:

(H1 + (D1 / C3)) * I8

and more complex things like

If(H1 = \'True

Answer 1

You could use the .NET JScript compiler, or interface with IronPython, IronRuby or IronScheme (named alphabetically, not preference ;p ).