winfmni%DUTICAI.TUDELFT.NL@uga.cc.uga.edu (04/11/91)
Hi, > Is it possible (and if so, how) to have a compiled Turbo Pascal > program read an equation from an ascii file and process it as > an equation? As I recall, the Turbo Pascal package contains an example program TCALC (a spreadsheet). Within the spreadsheet, there is a little parser for evaluating expression, taking strings as input. That should be a start. If you need *speed* though, consider translating the string expression to a tree representation and evaluate the tree (so that you won't have to parse the string over & over). I have a version of the last code lying around somewhere, if you're interested I can try to dig it up but it will take some time :-) Hello! -- Ir. M.H. Nieuwmans | e-mail winfmni@duticai.tudelft.nl Delft University of Technology | Phone 31 15 783823; home 31 70 3914080 Department of Information Systems