String parser in C and C#

Question

I have a string, "-(1-cos(R*T))/R", that I need to be evaluated in both C and C#. Is there a library, or a quick way to do this? Or do I need to write my own parser?

I'm also assuming that R and T are known and are local variables.

Answer 1

Regular Expression is what you are looking for.

Answer 2

There's one on CodeProject that's certainly worth a look. There's also a blog post from 2007 that has a list (and benchmarks) of a number, including a half dozen or so that are free.

Answer 3

No, there is no eval() in C.

Answer 4

This is in C#

 private void MyMethod1()
        {
            string s = "-(1-cos(R*T))/R";
            float R = 1;
            float T = 1;
            double doutput =-(1-Math.Cos(R*T))/(R);
        }