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Convert String to mathematics formulas
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
namespace Test.Helpers
{
public static class StringToFormula
{
private static string[] _operators = { "-", "+", "/", "*", "^" };
private static Func<double, double, double>[] _operations = {
(a1, a2) => a1 - a2,
(a1, a2) => a1 + a2,
(a1, a2) => a1 / a2,
(a1, a2) => a1 * a2,
(a1, a2) => Math.Pow(a1, a2)
};
public static double Eval(string expression)
{
List<string> tokens = getTokens(expression);
Stack<double> operandStack = new Stack<double>();
Stack<string> operatorStack = new Stack<string>();
int tokenIndex = 0;
while (tokenIndex < tokens.Count)
{
string token = tokens[tokenIndex];
if (token == "(")
{
string subExpr = getSubExpression(tokens, ref tokenIndex);
operandStack.Push(Eval(subExpr));
continue;
}
if (token == ")")
{
throw new ArgumentException("Mis-matched parentheses in expression");
}
//If this is an operator
if (Array.IndexOf(_operators, token) >= 0)
{
while (operatorStack.Count > 0 && Array.IndexOf(_operators, token) < Array.IndexOf(_operators, operatorStack.Peek()))
{
string op = operatorStack.Pop();
double arg2 = operandStack.Pop();
double arg1 = operandStack.Pop();
operandStack.Push(_operations[Array.IndexOf(_operators, op)](arg1, arg2));
}
operatorStack.Push(token);
}
else
{
operandStack.Push(double.Parse(token));
}
tokenIndex += 1;
}
while (operatorStack.Count > 0)
{
string op = operatorStack.Pop();
double arg2 = operandStack.Pop();
double arg1 = operandStack.Pop();
operandStack.Push(_operations[Array.IndexOf(_operators, op)](arg1, arg2));
}
return operandStack.Pop();
}
private static string getSubExpression(List<string> tokens, ref int index)
{
StringBuilder subExpr = new StringBuilder();
int parenlevels = 1;
index += 1;
while (index < tokens.Count && parenlevels > 0)
{
string token = tokens[index];
if (tokens[index] == "(")
{
parenlevels += 1;
}
if (tokens[index] == ")")
{
parenlevels -= 1;
}
if (parenlevels > 0)
{
subExpr.Append(token);
}
index += 1;
}
if (parenlevels > 0)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Mis-matched parentheses in expression");
}
return subExpr.ToString();
}
private static List<string> getTokens(string expression)
{
string operators = "()^*/+-";
List<string> tokens = new List<string>();
StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
foreach (char c in expression.Replace(" ", string.Empty))
{
if (operators.IndexOf(c) >= 0)
{
if (sb.Length > 0)
{
tokens.Add(sb.ToString());
sb.Length = 0;
}
tokens.Add(c.ToString());
}
else
{
sb.Append(c);
}
}
if (sb.Length > 0)
{
tokens.Add(sb.ToString());
}
return tokens;
}
}
}
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