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| 50.1 Definitions for eval_string |
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Parse the Maxima string str as a Maxima expression and evaluate it.
str is a Maxima string. It may or may not have a terminator (dollar sign $ or semicolon ;).
Only the first expression is parsed and evaluated, if there is more than one.
Complain if str is not a Maxima string.
Examples:
(%i1) load("eval_string")$
(%i2) eval_string ("foo: 42; bar: foo^2 + baz");
(%o2) 42
(%i3) eval_string ("(foo: 42, bar: foo^2 + baz)");
(%o3) baz + 1764
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To use this function write first load("eval_string"). See also parse_string.
Parse the Maxima string str as a Maxima expression (do not evaluate it).
str is a Maxima string. It may or may not have a terminator (dollar sign $ or semicolon ;).
Only the first expression is parsed, if there is more than one.
Complain if str is not a Maxima string.
Examples:
(%i1) load("eval_string")$
(%i2) parse_string ("foo: 42; bar: foo^2 + baz");
(%o2) foo : 42
(%i3) parse_string ("(foo: 42, bar: foo^2 + baz)");
2
(%o3) (foo : 42, bar : foo + baz)
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To use this function write first load("eval_string"). See also eval_string.
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