Evaluate an expression in vb.net

[wiss.dev]

Hi ALL, my program uses formulas and prompt users for variables values e.g.

Height= "(x*2)-5+y/2"

then i do:

 height.replace("x","5.5").replace("y","9")

now how to evaluate height into a decimal ?

[jmcilhinney]

https://www.google.com.au/search?q=v...ient=firefox-a

[Niya]

Doesn't the DataTable provide a method that can evaluate expressions ?

[jmcilhinney]

Doesn't the DataTable provide a method that can evaluate expressions ?

Now that you mention it, I do recall someone else suggesting the DataTable.Compute method for this purpose some other time, which is something that I'd never considered. It feels like a bit of a hack but it certainly does the job, within certain limitations.

[Niya]

Yea...it is a bit of a hack I guess. The first one from your search has some really nice features like being able to reference properties on live objects to use as part of its evaluations.