Are you working in C? In forums like the DDJFORUM or the CLMFORUM, you should
be able to find straight C code for writing your own math parser and evaluator.
It's a relatively complex process. Or maybe check the Borland forums… I
know their C compilers come with a demo spreadsheet that includes an expression
parser. Hypercard makes it easier because it's interpreted, not compiled.
It's not hard for it to give the programmer an option to interpret a string,
when Hypercard is doing that for the entire rest of the script.
Hello John!
Thank you for the information. Although I'm programming in Pascal I'll visit
these forums you mentioned. A recent issue of "Mactech" had a fine article for
pascal programmers who try to understand 'C'.
Dieter
Another trick for Pascal programmers who want to know C, is to use one of these
public domain "Pascal to C" translators. They often work well on generic
Pascal. You can write in Pascal, then let the program translate it to see at
least one possible implementation in C.