Is there a way to convert a String to evaluable SAIL expression ? I

Raj Yadla over 9 years ago

Is there a way to convert a String to evaluable SAIL expression ?

I have a comparative expression saved in a database field, I need to retrieve it from the database and evaluate it within a condition in SAIL.

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jackm829 over 9 years ago +1
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You could try eval(). My understanding is that this is an undocumented function. You will have to test to make sure that it works with your Appian version. Example: eval("count({1,2,3})") returns 3. In…
Raj Yadla over 9 years ago +1

Thanks all ,eval() did the trick for me.

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0 Raj Yadla over 9 years ago

@mschmitt : we could define an exclusive list of operators ,but then if anything new arises we may need to change the code also the expectation is it should handle reg ex which we may not do by segregating the condition
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0 Raj Yadla over 9 years ago

@mschmitt : we could define an exclusive list of operators ,but then if anything new arises we may need to change the code also the expectation is it should handle reg ex which we may not do by segregating the condition
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