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cointop/pkg/eval/eval.go

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Go

package eval
import (
"errors"
"strings"
"github.com/Knetic/govaluate"
)
// EvaluateExpression evaulates a simple math expression string to a float64
func EvaluateExpressionToFloat64(input string) (float64, error) {
input = strings.TrimSpace(input) // remove trailing \0s
if input == "" {
return 0, nil
}
expression, err := govaluate.NewEvaluableExpression(input)
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
result, err := expression.Evaluate(nil)
if err != nil {
return 0, err
}
f64, ok := result.(float64)
if !ok {
return 0, errors.New("could not type assert float64")
}
return f64, nil
}