Executing code, which was received as a string

[kolibrizas]

int a = 4, b = 3;
String code = "a*b+a+2*b";
int result = unknown_function(code);
System.out.println(result);//expecting 22

Any ideas how to do that please?

[oldSoftDev]

int a = 4, b = 3;
String code = "a*b+a+2*b";
int result = unknown_function(code);
System.out.println(result);//expecting 22

Any ideas how to do that please?

if you can post ur full code it will help better.

[kolibrizas]

o.O its all code, Sir.
I want to know how to convert String into a code which can be evaluated. Like it is eval() in PHP

[rigidboss]

You can use a special class in string called StringTokenizer.

Using this you can delimit the operators such as + * etc and jus get the variables alone.

Then depeding upon the sequence given u can then program.

[BestJewSinceJC]

The StringTokenizer class documentation says its use is discouraged in new code and to use String class's split method instead.

And you cannot cause a String to be evaluated as if it was a piece of programmer written code. Instead, you could use if statements, for example "if a + is seen, then call method X" etc.

[masijade]

Java does not have an Eval. You would have to either parse it and perform actions logically, or you would have to create a class "on the fly", either with BCEL (Google that) or by generating and then compiling code, or you can look into the scripting engine support in 1.6 (I.E. Google "Rhino").