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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>I'm trying to make a patch which can simplify arithmetic expressions given as a single message. I want to, for example, send it the message "( 2 + 5 )" and get "7", or send it "foo ( 8 / 4 )" and get "foo 2". This much I have achieved, using [list-drip] and [route] to identify the data inside brackets, and [list-reduce] to perform the arithmetic. The difficulty I'm having is in getting it to work recursively, so that eg. "bar ( 5 - ( 3 - 2 ) )" gives "bar 1". Ideally, the abstraction would be able to process any number of bracket-levels, just as a scientific calculator does.<br><br>I know that programming recursively on PD is not for the faint hearted, and I feel pretty much out of my depth. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I will be most grateful. Alternatively, if it turns out to be too hard, I'll settle for what I've made already.<br><br>I'm attaching the patch, although I think it's pretty far removed from what the solution will look like. Note that I'm using Zexy and list-abs here.<br> </div></body>
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