Arithmetic evaluation
A program which parsers and evaluates arithmetic expressions. Requirements: an AST for the expression must be created from parsing the input, the AST must be used in evaluation also, so no calling eval or similar if the language has such a thing. The expression will be a string or list of symbols like "(1+3)*7". + - * / as binary operators must be supported including precedence levels, as well as parentheses.
You are encouraged to solve this task according to the task description, using any language you may know.
For those who don't remember, mathematical precedence is as follows:
- Parentheses
- Exponents (not in this program)
- Multiplication/Division (left to right)
- Addition/Subtraction (left to right)
Prolog
% Lexer
numeric(X) :- 48 =< X, X =< 57.
not_numeric(X) :- 48 > X ; X > 57.
lex1([], []).
lex1([40|Xs], ['('|Ys]) :- lex1(Xs, Ys).
lex1([41|Xs], [')'|Ys]) :- lex1(Xs, Ys).
lex1([43|Xs], ['+'|Ys]) :- lex1(Xs, Ys).
lex1([45|Xs], ['-'|Ys]) :- lex1(Xs, Ys).
lex1([42|Xs], ['*'|Ys]) :- lex1(Xs, Ys).
lex1([47|Xs], ['/'|Ys]) :- lex1(Xs, Ys).
lex1([X|Xs], [N|Ys]) :- numeric(X), N is X - 48, lex1(Xs, Ys).
lex2([], []).
lex2([X], [X]).
lex2([Xa,Xb|Xs], [Xa|Ys]) :- atom(Xa), lex2([Xb|Xs], Ys).
lex2([Xa,Xb|Xs], [Xa|Ys]) :- number(Xa), atom(Xb), lex2([Xb|Xs], Ys).
lex2([Xa,Xb|Xs], [Y|Ys]) :- number(Xa), number(Xb), N is Xa * 10 + Xb, lex2([N|Xs], [Y|Ys]).
% Parser
oper(1, *, X, Y, X * Y). oper(1, /, X, Y, X / Y).
oper(2, +, X, Y, X + Y). oper(2, -, X, Y, X - Y).
num(D) --> [D], {number(D)}.
expr(0, Z) --> num(Z).
expr(0, Z) --> {Z = (X)}, ['('], expr(2, X), [')'].
expr(N, Z) --> {succ(N0, N)}, {oper(N, Op, X, Y, Z)}, expr(N0, X), [Op], expr(N, Y).
expr(N, Z) --> {succ(N0, N)}, expr(N0, Z).
parse(Tokens, Expr) :- expr(2, Expr, Tokens, []).
% Evaluator
evaluate(E, E) :- number(E).
evaluate(A + B, E) :- evaluate(A, Ae), evaluate(B, Be), E is Ae + Be.
evaluate(A - B, E) :- evaluate(A, Ae), evaluate(B, Be), E is Ae - Be.
evaluate(A * B, E) :- evaluate(A, Ae), evaluate(B, Be), E is Ae * Be.
evaluate(A / B, E) :- evaluate(A, Ae), evaluate(B, Be), E is Ae / Be.
% Solution
calculator(String, Value) :-
lex1(String, Tokens1),
lex2(Tokens1, Tokens2),
parse(Tokens2, Expression),
evaluate(Expression, Value).
% Example use
% calculator("(3+50)*7-9", X).