Math::Expr - Parses mathematical expressions
use Math::Expr;
SetOppDB(new Math::Expr::OpperationDB('<DBFileName>'));
$e=Parse("a+4*b-d/log(s)+f(d,e)");
Parses mathematical expressions into a tree structure. The expressions
may contain integers, real numbers, alphanumeric variable names,
alphanumeric function names and most other characters might be used
as operators. The operators can even be longer than one character!
The only limitation is that a variable or function name may not start
on a digit, and not all chars are accepted as operations. To be exact,
here is the grammatic (in perl regexp notation):
<Expr> = -?<Elem>(<OpChr><Elem>)*
<Elem> = <Number>|<Var>|<Function>|\(<Expr>\)
<Number> = <Integer>|<Float>
<Integer> = \d+
<Float> = \d*\.\d+
<Var> = [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*(:[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*)?
<Function> = [a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]*\(<Expr>(,<Expr>)*\)
<OpChr> = [^a-zA-Z0-9\(\)\,\.\:]+
If the - sign is present at the beginning of an <Expr> Then a neg()
function is placed around it. That is to allow constructions like
"-a*b" or "b+3*(-7)".
A variable consists of two parts separated by a ':'-char. The first
part is the variable name, and the second optional part is its type.
Default type is Real.
This will parse the string $str and return an expression
tree, in the form of a Math::Expr::Opp object (or in simple cases only a
Math::Expr::Var or Math::Expr::Num object).
This is the constructor, it creates an object which later can be used to parse
the strings.
This will set the priority of ALL the operands (there is currently no way to
change only one of them). The priority decides what should be constructed if
several operands is listed without delimiters. Eg if a+b*c should be treated
as (a+b)*c or a+(b*c). (Default is listed in header).
The priority is global for all parsers and all expretions, so
changing it here will change it for all parsers and parsed objects. The idea
is to use this method to initiate the system before using it.
Sets the OpperationDB to be used to $db. See
Math::Expr::OpperationDB for more info.
This is a global variable afecting all parsers and all parsed
structures.
The parses does not handle bad strings in a decent way. If you try
to parse a string that does not follow the specification above, all
strange things might happen...
Hakan Ardo <hakan@debian.org>