Help! How to evaluate a math string expression into a number

J

JM

Hi,

I have an string with a math function as:

str = "exp(5)+sqr(4)"

How to convert that string into its numeric value???

I have tried:
dbl = val (str)
and
dbl = CDbl(str)
but does not works.

HELP!!
Thanks,

Jaime
 
M

Marshall Barton

JM said:
I have an string with a math function as:

str = "exp(5)+sqr(4)"

How to convert that string into its numeric value???

I have tried:
dbl = val (str)
and
dbl = CDbl(str)
but does not works.
Click to expand...

Try dbl = Eval(str)
 

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