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The Eval function evaluates the string expression and returns its value. For example, Eval("1 + 1") returns 2. If you pass to the Eval function a string that contains the name of a function, the Eval function returns the return value of the function.
To evaluate an algebraic expression, you have to substitute a number for each variable and perform the arithmetic operations. In the example above, the variable x is equal to 6 since 6 + 6 = 12. If we know the value of our variables, we can replace the variables with their values and then evaluate the expression.
I want to do something sort of like this:
let x = 5
let y = 10
let expr = Console.ReadLine()
expr
Where one might type "x+y" in the console to store in expr.
How does one evaluate a statement like this in F#?
Ultimately, I want a user to be able to enter expressions, or a set of rules for a system, on a webpage and have them saved in a database to be applied at appropriate times in an F# library. I just don't know how to convert the entered string in to a function value in F#.
Thanks for any help you may provide!
Adam
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