How would you create an expression parser in c#?

Question

I am just curious. Like in interpreted languages or even statement calculators how do people convert the strings given by input or files to actual expressions? e.g \"Ent

Answer 1

I believe this can be achieved using expression trees, which is how LINQ is implemented.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb397951.aspx

Answer 2

Here's an article you might check out. There are also tools like Flee. Or yet another technique which allows you to evaluate C# expressions using a CodeDom provider.

Answer 3

Google "parse tree". One can be written in any Turing-complete language.