Validator for a string expression that will allow arithmetic expressions like (), +, -, *, /, min(), max(), avg()

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I need a help in writing a validator in javascript or JQuery for a string expression that will allow arithmetic expressions like (),+,-,*,/,min(),max(),avg().
In the string, min(),max(),avg() should allow only two arguments.
Sample string expression to validate :
(x+y+max(min(x,y),z)+avg(x,y)*z/y)

What I have tried:

First I have tried a syntax parser and trying to tokenize the strings and validate individually but didn't work. Is there any way to do it?

Posted 19-Jul-18 23:38pm

Pradeep Kumar

Updated 20-Jul-18 0:42am

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Jochen Arndt 20-Jul-18 6:18am

Your first approach using a (recursive) tokeniser and checking the syntax when a token can't be broken down anymore is the way to do it.

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2018-07-20T00:42:00

No, there is no "simple" method to do it: as Jochen says, you need to recursively apply a tokeniser and then analyse the syntax.

There are many examples available doing just that - normally as the first stage of an expression evaluator. Google will find you plenty: expression evaluator javascript - Google Search[^]