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#String->Expression?

    16-Jul-93 11:53:31
Fm: Rich Parker 76556,1132
To: Simon DeDeo 72702,1024
Simon, "Is there any quick and easy way to turn a string (eg/ 'sin(x)') into an expression, for which you can substitue a value of x?" If you're willing to use AppleEvents, and pass the string to either Userland Frontier or HyperCard, either will return a result that you can stuff into a function call. It's not exactly what you have in mind, I don't think, but it's a way of dealing with string expressions that might work for you. Also, it just occurs to me that Microsoft Excel also supports Apple Events and could handle that chore. -rich-