Quick Stupid Question

[bluekswing]

Would the following code work? (I know I could test it out and will when I'm in front of a computer that has eclipse/netbeans. I'm currently at work and just don't have access to any programming environment and the curiosity is killing me!!!)


So to satisfy my curiousity


public class Test {


public static void main (String[] args) {


int x = 10;
int y = 9;
String condition = ">";

if (x condition y) {

System.out.println("This works");

} //end if

} //end main

}//end class


Thanks a bunch for the help! :)

[roots]

Doesnot work .. where is semicolon .. the condition thing you are using is not accepted in java..

[bluekswing]

Thanks roots! Ugh - I thought I finally nailed a problem I've been having.

I'm trying to create a list of "IF-Then" conditions regarding some varibles for java to check. I want to be able to dynamically create these conditions and not hard code them in some class. I'm attempting to create "rule objects" that can be stored in some List data structure and can be executed when needed.

I"m having a terrible time figuring out how to construct such an object. ANy thoughts or suggestions?

For example, I want one of the rules on the list (rule object) to be "If x > y add 1 to sum". Any thoughts suggestions?

Thanks again for the help!

[roots]

Looks Something kinda Expression Parser.. pseudo language .. You can implement custom expression parser ..

Can you list more of examples of such expressions .. possible expressions ..

[bluekswing]

Hmm interesting....I"ll have to read up more on expression parsing.


Essentially I have an object that has 50 variables either of type String or type int. Everyday I want to be able to run a test on the object's instance variables based on a set of conditions. These conditions can change from day to day.

All the rules will be of an "if- then" format. So,

//If variable1 = variable2 then add 1 to total sum
//If variable8 > variable3 then add 2 to total sum
//If variable23 >= variable27 then subtract 0.5 from total sum
//If variable19.equals(variable5) then add 0.25 to total sum


So essentially every rule will contain some comparison between two variables where any of the following equality conditions apply: (> , < , = (.equals) , != , =<, >=)



The stumbling block for me is how to create these rule objects.......

[roots]

public static Object eval(String expression, Object... variables ){
 // Refer introductory compiler mechanisms 
}

Have a quick look at compilers .. that should get you started ..

[tim]

Hello bluekswing.

Why don't you just create a class that can compare two Double numbers. For example:

public class NumberCompare{
    public enum TOperation {equals, greater, smaller, greaterOrEqual, smallerOrEqual};
    private TOperation operation = TOperation.equals;
    public void setOperation(TOperation operation){
        this.operation = operation;
    }
    public TOperation getOperation(){
        return this.operation;
    }
    public boolean compare(Double first, Double second){
        switch (operation){
            case equals :
                return first == second;
                break;
            case greater:
                return first > second;
                break;
            case smaller:
                return first < second;
                break;
            case greaterOrEqual:
                return first >= second;
                break;
            case smallerOrEqual:
                return first <= second;
                break;
            default:
                return false;
        }
    }
}

Now you can create a single NumberCompare object and change its operator as you need. Then you can call its compare() method. You can create a similar class for preforming the calculations. You can do the same for String objects.

This code has been checked by hand. I hope this helped. :)

[bluekswing]

Thanks Tim and roots for the replies. You have given me much to think about....