Is it possible to convert/wrap an array value into a if statement? For clarification, the statement I received from my code is always a string in an array, and I want to execute it in an if block. Right now, it does not do a comparison because it is a string. So how can I convert a string into a statement that will be compared?
let counter = 11;
let statement = ['counter > 10']; // array string received from other code (always a string)
if(statement[0]) {
// should be true
}
Result expected to be true, where the if statement is dynamically executed.
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let counter = 11;
let statement = ['counter > 10']; // (always a string)
if (eval(statement[0])) {
console.log("The statement is true");
} else {
console.log("The statement is false");
}
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I think a better way to ask this question is “How to evaluate a string as if it were Javascript code. There is a way to do it in JavaScript using the eval method.
let counter = 11;
let statement = ['counter > 10']; // (always a string)
if (eval(statement[0])) {
// should be true
}
However, I would really not recommend using this. It’s a huge security risk. Please use it only if you know what you are doing.
Referehce: https://www.w3schools.com/jsref/jsref_eval.asp
You may be able to use the math parser for this, though I’m not sure. It’ll depend on what kind of things you get back in that string.
// https://github.com/silentmatt/expr-eval/tree/master
// there may be other ways to do this, this is simple though
import Parser from 'expr-eval';
const options = {x:3}; //see the documentation
const parsedStatement = statement[0];
const result = Parser.evaluate(parsedStatement, {options});
console.debug('Expression Result: ', result);