#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Parse::RecDescent; $text = "1 + 2 * 3 ** 4"; $grammar = q{ expr : conj : addn : mult : expo : value : /\d+(\.\d+)?/ }; my $extract_tree = Parse::RecDescent->new($grammar); my $tree = $extract_tree->expr($text); use Data::Dumper 'Dumper'; print Dumper $tree; print $tree->eval(); package expr; use List::Util 'reduce'; sub eval { reduce {$_[0] || $_[1]} map $_->eval(), @{$_[0]{__DIRECTIVE1__}} } package conj ; use List::Util 'reduce'; sub eval { reduce {$_[0] && $_[1]} map $_->eval(), @{$_[0]{__DIRECTIVE1__}} } package addn ; use List::Util 'reduce'; sub eval { reduce {$_[0] + $_[1]} map $_->eval(), @{$_[0]{__DIRECTIVE1__}} } package mult ; use List::Util 'reduce'; sub eval { reduce {$_[0] * $_[1]} map $_->eval(), @{$_[0]{__DIRECTIVE1__}} } package expo ; use List::Util 'reduce'; sub eval { reduce {$_[0] ** $_[1]} map $_->eval(), @{$_[0]{__DIRECTIVE1__}} } package value ; sub eval { return $_[0]{__VALUE__} }