Re: Chomp a numerical expression, return the answer.

You need the string form of eval to turn arithmetic expressions into numbers.

Phil

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Re^2: Chomp a numerical expression, return the answer. by blazar (Canon) on May 18, 2006 at 15:25 UTC
Or else just roll his own parser and evaluator. Oh, well, maybe there are ready-made ones around...	[reply]
Re^3: Chomp a numerical expression, return the answer. by mrborisguy (Hermit) on May 18, 2006 at 19:38 UTC
In the case of `eval`, the "ready-made one" is perl. -Bryan	[reply] [d/l]