Add this method to string and try it:

-------------------
eval
  ^Compiler new evaluate: self in: nil to: nil notifying: nil ifFail: nil
-------------------

'3+4' eval

etc.

Check out the comment in Compiler>>evaluate etc., to see what the 
other options are.

I'm very surprised that this method isn't already in Squeak 
somewhere. (But perhaps it's just as  well ...)

Cheers,

Alan



At 12:40 PM -0800 2/8/03, Derek Brans wrote:
>Given a string, is there anyway to evaluate its contents as code in 
>the current context?
>
>Essentially I want to write a function that given a string like this:
>
>' This is a test of < | foo | foo := self bar. foo upperCase. > to 
>see if it works '
>
>returns a string like this:
>
>'This is a test of Something to see if it works'
>
>Thank you in advance,
>Derek
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