Online Algebra Calculator
Many of users do not use powerful Maxima computer algebra system for systematic work, but for ad hoc algebraic calculations – equations, functions, matrixes, etc. only. To do this job, it is not useful to download the whole application from a web site.
Function: parse_string (<str>) Parse the string <str> as a Maxima expression (do not evaluate it). The string <str> may or may not have a terminator (dollar sign $ or semicolon ;). Only the first expression is parsed, if there is more than one.
Complain if <str> is not a string.
Examples:
(%i1) parse_string ("foo: 42; bar: foo^2 + baz");
(%o1) foo : 42
(%i2) parse_string ("(foo: 42, bar: foo^2 + baz)");
2
(%o2) (foo : 42, bar : foo + baz) See also eval_string.
(%o1) true (%i2)