Evaluating string “3*(4+2)” yield int 18 [duplicate]

Answer 1

Try this:

static double Evaluate(string expression) {
  var loDataTable = new DataTable();
  var loDataColumn = new DataColumn("Eval", typeof (double), expression);
  loDataTable.Columns.Add(loDataColumn);
  loDataTable.Rows.Add(0);
  return (double) (loDataTable.Rows[0]["Eval"]);
}

Answer 2

Many thanks to Ramesh. I used a version of his simple code to pull a string out a database and use it to do boolean operations in my code.

x is a number like 1500 or 2100 or whatever.

function would be a stored evaluation like x > 1400 and x < 1600

function = relation[0].Replace("and","&&").Replace("x",x);

DataTable f_dt = new DataTable();
var f_var = f_dt.Compute(function,"");

if (bool.Parse(f_var.ToString()) { do stuff  }

Answer 3

This is right to left execution, so need to use proper parathesis to execute expression

    // 2+(100/5)+10 = 32
    //((2.5+10)/5)+2.5 = 5
    // (2.5+10)/5+2.5 = 1.6666
    public static double Evaluate(String expr)
    {

        Stack<String> stack = new Stack<String>();

        string value = "";
        for (int i = 0; i < expr.Length; i++)
        {
            String s = expr.Substring(i, 1);
            char chr = s.ToCharArray()[0];

            if (!char.IsDigit(chr) && chr != '.' && value != "")
            {
                stack.Push(value);
                value = "";
            }

            if (s.Equals("(")) {

                string innerExp = "";
                i++; //Fetch Next Character
                int bracketCount=0;
                for (; i < expr.Length; i++)
                {
                    s = expr.Substring(i, 1);

                    if (s.Equals("("))
                        bracketCount++;

                    if (s.Equals(")"))
                        if (bracketCount == 0)
                            break;
                        else
                            bracketCount--;


                    innerExp += s;
                }

                stack.Push(Evaluate(innerExp).ToString());

            }
            else if (s.Equals("+")) stack.Push(s);
            else if (s.Equals("-")) stack.Push(s);
            else if (s.Equals("*")) stack.Push(s);
            else if (s.Equals("/")) stack.Push(s);
            else if (s.Equals("sqrt")) stack.Push(s);
            else if (s.Equals(")"))
            {
            }
            else if (char.IsDigit(chr) || chr == '.')
            {
                value += s;

                if (value.Split('.').Length > 2)
                    throw new Exception("Invalid decimal.");

                if (i == (expr.Length - 1))
                    stack.Push(value);

            }
            else
                throw new Exception("Invalid character.");

        }


        double result = 0;
        while (stack.Count >= 3)
        {

            double right = Convert.ToDouble(stack.Pop());
            string op = stack.Pop();
            double left = Convert.ToDouble(stack.Pop());

            if (op == "+") result = left + right;
            else if (op == "+") result = left + right;
            else if (op == "-") result = left - right;
            else if (op == "*") result = left * right;
            else if (op == "/") result = left / right;

            stack.Push(result.ToString());
        }


        return Convert.ToDouble(stack.Pop());
    }

Answer 4

There is not. You will need to use some external library, or write your own parser. If you have the time to do so, I suggest to write your own parser as it is a quite interesting project. Otherwise you will need to use something like bcParser.

Answer 5

Using the compiler to do implies memory leaks as the generated assemblies are loaded and never released. It's also less performant than using a real expression interpreter. For this purpose you can use Ncalc which is an open-source framework with this solely intent. You can also define your own variables and custom functions if the ones already included aren't enough.

Example:

Expression e = new Expression("2 + 3 * 5");
Debug.Assert(17 == e.Evaluate());

Answer 6

If you want to evaluate a string expression use the below code snippet.

using System.Data;

DataTable dt = new DataTable();
var v = dt.Compute("3 * (2+4)","");