[DUG] Expression Parser/Evaluator

[Dennis Chuah]

Try Python for Delphi.  It can do all that you want below, plus a lot more. 
And besides, the price is right!

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From: "David Brennan" <dugdavid at dbsolutions.co.nz>
To: "DUG" <delphi at delphi.org.nz>
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:18 PM
Subject: [DUG] Expression Parser/Evaluator


> Hi,
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> Another question in the popular family of "what is the best component 
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> Can anyone recommend a good expression parser/evaluator? Ideally a bit 
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> than just mathematical expressions, we would like it to handle logical
> evaluation (ie Booleans), IF statements and ideally strings (primarily for
> comparison within boolean IF conditions but if the parser/evaluator could
> handle strings as results then all the better). We don't need any loop
> constructs or more advanced program control constructs. We would probably
> like to be able to define our own expression functions but the user 
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> Quality (ie reliability), functionality and availability of source code 
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> our main criteria here. Price isn't going to be so much of an issue unless
> they are hideously expensive or there are multiple good options to choose
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> Any recommendations? Warnings on what to avoid?
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> Thanks,
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