Dentaku

DESCRIPTION

Dentaku is a parser and evaluator for a mathematical and logical formula language that allows run-time binding of values to variables referenced in the formulas.

EXAMPLE

This is probably simplest to illustrate in code:

calculator = Dentaku::Calculator.new
calculator.evaluate('10 * 2')
=> 20

Okay, not terribly exciting. But what if you want to have a reference to a variable, and evaluate it at run-time? Here's how that would look:

calculator.evaluate('kiwi + 5', :kiwi => 2)
=> 7

You can also store the variable values in the calculator's memory and then evaluate expressions against those stored values:

calculator.store(:peaches => 15)
calculator.evaluate('peaches - 5')
=> 10
calculator.evaluate('peaches >= 15')
=> true

For maximum CS geekery, bind is an alias of store.

Dentaku understands precedence order and using parentheses to group expressions to ensure proper evaluation:

calculator.evaluate('5 + 3 * 2')
=> 11
calculator.evaluate('(5 + 3) * 2')
=> 16

A number of functions are also supported. Okay, the number is currently one, but more will be added soon. The current function is if, which works like Excel's if:

calculator.evaluate('if (pears < 10, 10, 20)', :pears => 5)
=> 10
calculator.evaluate('if (pears < 10, 10, 20)', :pears => 15)
=> 20

If you're too lazy to be building calculator objects, there's a shortcut just for you:

Dentaku('plums * 1.5', {:plums => 2})
=> 3.0

SUPPORTED OPERATORS AND FUNCTIONS

Math: + - * /
Logic: < > <= >= <> != = AND OR
Functions: IF

THANKS

Big thanks to ElkStone Basements for allowing me to extract and open source this code.

LICENSE

(The MIT License)

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