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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 10:48:40 +0100
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Subject: Re: [JEXL] unexpected expression evaluation
From: sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com>
To: Commons Users List <user@commons.apache.org>,
 miten mehta <imiten@yahoo.com>
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On 22 August 2012 07:01, miten mehta <imiten@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am using commons-jexl 2.1.1 and noticed that expression evaluation for below to be different.
>
> //returns 55.87999 incorrectly
> formula = "#{(9/5 * celcius )+32}";
> formula = formula.substring(2, formula.length()-1);//strip prefix #{ and suffix }
> map.put("celcius", 23.88);
>
> //returns 75 correctly
> formula = "#{(celcius * 9/5)+32}";
> formula = formula.substring(2, formula.length()-1);//strip prefix #{ and suffix }
> map.put("celcius", 23.88);
>
> Here is method used to evaluate:
> public static Double evaluate(String formula, Map<String,Double> ctxParam) {
>         JexlEngine jexl = new JexlEngine();
>         org.apache.commons.jexl2.Expression e = jexl.createExpression(formula);
>         JexlContext ctx = new MapContext();
>         for(Map.Entry<String, Double> me : ctxParam.entrySet()) {
>             ctx.set(me.getKey(), me.getValue().toString());
>         }
>         Object result = e.evaluate(ctx);
>         return Double.parseDouble(result.toString());
>     }
>
> is there some rules for how we form the expression ?
>
> Regards,
>
> Miten.

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