Can I use Laszlo's script Monster in my script and spread it?

[wo52616111]

https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/1567 ... n-strings/

I can't find the way to contact him, the last time he active is 2012.
Can I use Monster in my script and spread it?
Can I sell the EXE? I want to sell it at no limit price whatever people like to pay.

[Pulover]

I can't speak for him and I don't know how to contact him either, but I've been using it for a few years in a public project so I don't think there's any problem with using it in a commercial software. If no license can be found, just give the author credit for his work.

If it suits your needs you can use this other version of eval() as you please.

[tidbit]

or this version which is nice and short and powerful:
https://autohotkey.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=15389

[wo52616111]

thank you, Pulover and tidbit, you two gave me a BIG hlep, I will study your scripts.
tidbit, your script indicates a new road for me.
ps. you two joined in same day(Sep 30, 2013) ha.

[Pulover]

Just to help you choose: If your project only requires to evaluate math in the strings without variables references in them (e.g. eval("A_Hour + 5")) and such, tidbit's neat function will do you just fine. But if you need more complex expressions that involve variables, assignments, conditions or whatever, my version can handle it.

ps. you two joined in same day(Sep 30, 2013) ha.

Actually tidbit has been around for a few years more than me before the forum split... Long story...
https://autohotkey.com/board/user/5359-tidbit/
https://autohotkey.com/board/user/17459-pulover/

[wo52616111]

Just to help you choose: If your project only requires to evaluate math in the strings without variables references in them (e.g. eval("A_Hour + 5")) and such, tidbit's neat function will do you just fine. But if you need more complex expressions that involve variables, assignments, conditions or whatever, my version can handle it.

ps. you two joined in same day(Sep 30, 2013) ha.

Actually tidbit has been around for a few years more than me before the forum split... Long story...
https://autohotkey.com/board/user/5359-tidbit/
https://autohotkey.com/board/user/17459-pulover/

thank you so much. I will seriously consider. Is that your script can do whatever Monster can do? even more?

[Pulover]

thank you so much. I will seriously consider. Is that your script can do whatever Monster can do? even more?

Yes, the math evaluation is thanks to Uberi's function. It was done for AHK v1.0 and it's old now, but it still did the job for me (with a few tweaks).
The difference between Laszlo's and Uberi's functions is that the latter can evaluate variables and expression operators (not only math).

I added support for objects and ternary, and fixed a few problems. My goal was to make it evaluate possibly any valid AHK expression. You can find some examples at the github repository.

[wo52616111]

got it, great help really. I will try to use it in my script, and share it when I tidy up the code(it's messy now).

[aldrinjohnom]

thank you so much. I will seriously consider. Is that your script can do whatever Monster can do? even more?

Yes, the math evaluation is thanks to Uberi's function. It was done for AHK v1.0 and it's old now, but it still did the job for me (with a few tweaks).
The difference between Laszlo's and Uberi's functions is that the latter can evaluate variables and expression operators (not only math).

I added support for objects and ternary, and fixed a few problems. My goal was to make it evaluate possibly any valid AHK expression. You can find some examples at the github repository.

I got interested on your function. Can you fix this problem? I tried entering this values at Expression Tester.ahk and It generated wrong results:

test 1:
(2.6167)-193
result 1:
<empty string>

test 2:
-(2.6167)-193
result 2:
195.616700

both results are wrong. Any fix for this?