#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node=678124 use strict; # browseruk.pl - modified Pratt parser by tybalt89 use warnings; # https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pratt_parser sub err { die "ERROR ", s/\G/ <@_> /r, "\n" } sub expr # two statement parser - precedences: (3 **) (2 * /) (1 + -) { my $answer = /\G\s* - /gcx ? -expr(3) : # unary minus /\G\s* \+ /gcx ? +expr(3) : # unary plus /\G\s* \( /gcx ? ( expr(0), /\G\s* \) /gcx || err 'missing )' )[0] : /\G\s* ((?:\d+(?:\.\d*)?|\.\d+)(e[+-]?\d+)?) /gcx ? $1 : err 'bad operand'; $answer = /\G\s* \*\* /gcx ? $answer ** expr(3) : $_[0] > 2 ? return $answer : /\G\s* \* /gcx ? $answer * expr(3) : /\G\s* \/ /gcx ? $answer / expr(3) : $_[0] > 1 ? return $answer : /\G\s* \+ /gcx ? $answer + expr(2) : /\G\s* \- /gcx ? $answer - expr(2) : return $answer while 1; } for ( @ARGV ? @ARGV : ) # source as commandline args or DATA { my $answer = expr(0); /\G\s*\z/gc ? print s/\s*\z/ = $answer\n/r : err 'incomplete parse'; $answer == eval or print "MISMATCH with perl @{[ eval ]}\n"; } __DATA__ 1 + 2 2 - 1 2 * 1 1 / 2 (((7 + 5) * (9 + 13)) / ((4 + 3) * (17 - 2 + 3))) 23 ** 2 1.1e10 ** -10 1 + 2 * 3 3 + 2 ** 2 ** 2 * 3