Compute a LaTeX mathematical expression

Asked Jan 02 '14 at 09:26

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How to compute a LaTeX mathematical expression using Java?

I have mathematical expressions which contains mathematical symbols like alpha, sigma, sqrt, exponent, etc.. , all these expression are available in Latex format as a string. Now How do I compute the value of that expression by using java.

For Example : The Mathematical Expression Quadratic equation

is represented in a Latex format as a "\frac{-b\pm \sqrt{b^{2}-4ac}}{2a}" .Now I want to find out the value of that equation, the values for a, b, c will be provided at runtime. Is there any library?

edited Jan 02 '14 at 09:31

asked Jan 02 '14 at 09:26

Venkata Aditya Pavan

Even that equation doesn't have any value... And regex does not _evaluate_ equations. – Jerry Jan 02 '14 at 09:28
You realise that the majority of LaTeX strings aren't going to evaluate nicely, right? I mean, LaTeX is a formatting language. – Dawood ibn Kareem Jan 02 '14 at 09:35

Compute a LaTeX mathematical expression

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