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parse_string

Maxima Function

Calling Sequence

parse_string (str)

Description

Parse the Maxima string str as a Maxima expression (do not evaluate it). str is a Maxima string. It may or may not have a terminator (dollar sign $ or semicolon ;). Only the first expression is parsed, if there is more than one.

Complain if str is not a Maxima string.

Examples:

(%i1) parse_string ("foo: 42; bar: foo^2 + baz");
(%o1)                    foo : 42
(%i2) parse_string ("(foo: 42, bar: foo^2 + baz)");
                                   2
(%o2)          (foo : 42, bar : foo  + baz)

See also .

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