Boolean Expression Evaluator

[Workaholic]

Hi,

I have an application which is reading a boolean expression from an
external file into a string. The string will equal something like "1 =
1" or "0 = 1". I need to be able to evaluate the boolean answer, but
have found that using command such as IIF, CBOOL, etc, will not accept
the string datatype. There seem to be lots of maths expression
evaluation tools and examples, but my need seems very simple and I'm
wondering if there is an easier way? If I could use something simple
such as IIF(<string>,<t rue>,<false>) it would be ideal

Thanks for your help

[sstory]

Re: Boolean Expression Evaluator

Here is an article on making one in C#. You could do the same from VB.NET.

http://www.codeproject.com/KB/dotnet/Expr.aspx

Here is another. So it appears you can cheat by using JScript's eval method:

http://www.odetocode.com/Code/80.aspx

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Hi,
>
I have an application which is reading a boolean expression from an
external file into a string. The string will equal something like "1 =
1" or "0 = 1". I need to be able to evaluate the boolean answer, but
have found that using command such as IIF, CBOOL, etc, will not accept
the string datatype. There seem to be lots of maths expression
evaluation tools and examples, but my need seems very simple and I'm
wondering if there is an easier way? If I could use something simple
such as IIF(<string>,<t rue>,<false>) it would be ideal
>
Thanks for your help

[Workaholic]

Re: Boolean Expression Evaluator

Thanks for this reply sstory. I looked at the example you suggested at
http://www.odetocode.com/Code/80.aspx, and successfully converted this
to VB with some help from this site http://labs.developerfusion.co.uk/co...arp-to-vb.aspx

The code now successfully resolves "1>2" to false, or "1<2" to true,
but errors on "1=1". I will add a post on the OdeToCode site to see if
somebody can help

Thanks again