Given these strings:
"1 + 2"
"apple,pear"
How can I use Python 3(.5) to determine that the first string contains a math problem and nothing else and that the second string does not?
Given these strings:
"1 + 2"
"apple,pear"
How can I use Python 3(.5) to determine that the first string contains a math problem and nothing else and that the second string does not?
Here is a way to do it:
import ast
UNARY_OPS = (ast.UAdd, ast.USub)
BINARY_OPS = (ast.Add, ast.Sub, ast.Mult, ast.Div, ast.Mod)
def is_arithmetic(s):
def _is_arithmetic(node):
if isinstance(node, ast.Num):
return True
elif isinstance(node, ast.Expression):
return _is_arithmetic(node.body)
elif isinstance(node, ast.UnaryOp):
valid_op = isinstance(node.op, UNARY_OPS)
return valid_op and _is_arithmetic(node.operand)
elif isinstance(node, ast.BinOp):
valid_op = isinstance(node.op, BINARY_OPS)
return valid_op and _is_arithmetic(node.left) and _is_arithmetic(node.right)
else:
raise ValueError('Unsupported type {}'.format(node))
try:
return _is_arithmetic(ast.parse(s, mode='eval'))
except (SyntaxError, ValueError):
return False
Simply use split(), then iterate through the list to check if all instance are either numerical values or operational values. Then use eval.
input = "1 + 2"
for i in input.split():
if i in ['+','-','*','%','.'] or i.isdigit():
pass
# do something
else:
pass
# one element is neither a numerical value or operational value
You can use a parsing library such as pyPEG, although there is room for improvment do more than this you could define a grammar like this:
from pypeg2 import optional, List, Namespace
import re
number = re.compile(r'\d+')
binop = re.compile(r'\+|\*') # Exercise: Extend to other binary operators
class BinOp(Namespace):
grammar = binop
class Number(Namespace):
grammar = number, optional("."), optional(number)
class Expression(Namespace):
grammar = Number, optional(BinOp, Number)
class Equation(List):
grammar = Expression, optional("="), optional(Expression)
You can handle the error when an invalid expression is passed through and use the parse function to validate expressions:
>>> import pypeg2
>>> f = pypeg2.parse("3=3", Equation)
>>> f = pypeg2.parse("3 = 3", Equation)
>>> f = pypeg2.parse("3 + 3 = 3", Equation)
>>> f = pypeg2.parse("3 * 3 = 3", Equation)
>>> f = pypeg2.parse("3hi", Equation)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "/usr/local/lib/python3.5/site-packages/pypeg2/__init__.py", line 669, in parse
raise parser.last_error
File "<string>", line 1
3hi
^
SyntaxError: expecting match on \d+