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From: Halbert
Subject: Evaluating strings on the fly
Date: 27 Dec 2002 11:20:01
Message: <web.3e0c78bdfb8990beea45516a0@news.povray.org>

I am looking for a way to make pov interpret SDL generated by a macro in a
manner similar to the eval() function in javascript. Can anyone figure out
a way to do this without rendering two scripts?

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From: Christopher James Huff
Subject: Re: Evaluating strings on the fly
Date: 27 Dec 2002 11:30:27
Message: <chrishuff-447834.11255227122002@netplex.aussie.org>

In article <web.3e0c78bdfb8990beea45516a0@news.povray.org>,
 "Halbert" <hal### [at] netscapenet> wrote:

> I am looking for a way to make pov interpret SDL generated by a macro in a
> manner similar to the eval() function in javascript. Can anyone figure out
> a way to do this without rendering two scripts?

Look at the Parse_String() macro in strings.inc.

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From: Halbert
Subject: Re: Evaluating strings on the fly
Date: 27 Dec 2002 11:45:21
Message: <web.3e0c835e421c48a2ea45516a0@news.povray.org>

Thanks Chris! (That was quick!)

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