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Evaluating Scheme Code in a String

Problem

You want to eval Scheme code stored in a string

Solution

Use eval-string from string.ss:

> (require (lib "string.ss"))
> (eval-string "(+ 1 2)")
3

Discussion

(String input ports and read)

See Also

StringInterpolation

-- NoelWelsh - 28 Apr 2004

I was going to base this topic on the Python Cookbook topic, which was a bit different in approach - given a string with embedded expressions, interpolate the evaluated expressions into the string.

>>> number = 20
>>> text = "python"
>>> print "%(text.capitalize())s %(number/9.0).1f rules!" % Eval()
Python 2.2 rules!

> (define a '(1 2))
> (define eval-print
    (lambda (obj port) 
      ((global-port-print-handler) (eval obj) port)))
> (port-print-handler (current-output-port) eval-print)
> (fprintf (current-output-port) "~A ~s ~v~n" a a a)
(+ 1 2) (+ 1 2) 3

-- GordonWeakliem - 28 Apr 2004

The solution is at http://people.cs.uchicago.edu/~jacobm/qstr/ This is known as StringInterpolation, right? I think we have a new recipe

-- NoelWelsh - 06 May 2004