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# File: feval.icn
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# Subject: Procedure to evaluate string as function call
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# Author: Ralph E. Griswold
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# Date: June 8, 1994
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# This file is in the public domain.
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#
# This procedure analyzes a string representing an Icon function or
# procedure call and evaluates the result.
#
# It assumes the string is well-formed. The arguments can only be
# Icon literals. Escapes, commas, and parentheses in strings literals
# are not handled.
#
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# Links: ivalue
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invocable all
link ivalue
procedure feval(s)
local fnc, argl
s ? {
fnc := tab(upto('(')) | {
write(&errout, "*** syntax error")
fail
}
fnc := proc(fnc, 3 to 1 by -1) | {
write(&errout, "*** invalid function or operation")
fail
}
move(1)
argl := []
while put(argl, ivalue(tab(upto(',)')))) do move(1)
suspend fnc ! argl
}
end
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