Calculation question

[Barry Levine]

Greetings Listas!

I have a stack with a field that will contain a math problem - something 
like "4+2-3*2/3" (no quotes). How can I do a calculation that will give 
me the answer? I will always know the text that is going into the field 
as I "put" it there during a handler. I was looking for something like 
"calculate field "myField". Note that the operators will not always be 
consistently placed; in other words, the "+" may appear anywhere within 
the text (or not at all); same goes for the other operators (although 
there will always be at least -one- operator in the equation).

Thanks,
Barry
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