Evaluating a String as code -djb

Nevin Pratt nevin at smalltalkpro.com
Sat Feb 8 23:54:32 UTC 2003


This might be useful to you:

HTMLformatter evalEmbedded: ' This is a test of <? | foo | foo := ''This 
string''. foo asUppercase. ?> to see if it works ' with: HttpRequest new

Nevin


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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