Evaluating the contents of a string

[Aaron Ginn]

Is there a simple way to evaluate the contents of a string assuming
that string contains only nunbers and mathematical operators?

For example, I'm parsing a file that contains expressions contained in 
parantheses such the following:

12 net64 a vss vss n w=1.1u l=0.5u ad=(1.1 * 1.15) as=(1.1 * 1.15)
                                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^    ^^^^^^^^^^^^

I'm using a stack to determine when an expression can be evaluated
(i.e., when a closing paranthesis is found), and I'm storing the
contents of the parantheses in a string.  When the first closing
parenthesis is found in the example above, the string to be evaluated
will be '1.1 * 1.15'.  Is there a module that will mathematically
evaluate this string?

Thanks,
Aaron


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