Calculation question

[David Vaughan]

Barry

Look up "Value" in the Dictionary. I'd say it does just what you want.

e.g.
put value("4+2-3*2/3")
4

regards
David

On Tuesday, April 9, 2002, at 10:00 , Barry Levine wrote:

> 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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