Casting Question - I think!! Help please

[Alex Pierson]

I have a string called jkl which currently is "3 * 4 + xyz"
I also have an integer: xyz = 5

How do get an integer that equals 17 (3 times 4 plus 5.)

In other, more specifically:

dim jkl as string = "3 * 4 + xyz"
dim xyz as integer = 5

dim answer as integer = ????????????????????????

Thanks much in advance.

[Deepak]

Dim jkl As String
Dim xyz As Integer = 5
Dim ans As Integer
ans = CInt(12 + xyz)

"Alex Pierson" wrote:

I have a string called jkl which currently is "3 * 4 + xyz"
I also have an integer: xyz = 5

How do get an integer that equals 17 (3 times 4 plus 5.)

In other, more specifically:

dim jkl as string = "3 * 4 + xyz"
dim xyz as integer = 5

dim answer as integer = ????????????????????????

Thanks much in advance.

[Armin Zingler]

Alex Pierson schrieb:

I have a string called jkl which currently is "3 * 4 + xyz"
I also have an integer: xyz = 5

How do get an integer that equals 17 (3 times 4 plus 5.)

In other, more specifically:

dim jkl as string = "3 * 4 + xyz"
dim xyz as integer = 5

dim answer as integer = ????????????????????????

Thanks much in advance.

You must use a compiler to compile this code.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...elanguages.asp
Armin

[Michael C#]

I saw a mathematical expression parser over at CodeProject the other day
that could handle this and a lot more...

"Alex Pierson" <ar******@charter.net> wrote in message
news:11**********************@o13g2000cwo.googlegr oups.com...

I have a string called jkl which currently is "3 * 4 + xyz"
I also have an integer: xyz = 5

How do get an integer that equals 17 (3 times 4 plus 5.)

In other, more specifically:

dim jkl as string = "3 * 4 + xyz"
dim xyz as integer = 5

dim answer as integer = ????????????????????????

Thanks much in advance.