how to parse standard algebraic notation

[Marco Buttu]

On 01/10/2014 09:01, math math wrote:
> What would be a good starting strategy for writing a program to take the derivative of a polynomial expression, such as this below?:
> "x**3 + x**2 + x + 1"

You can look at sympy:

 >>> from sympy import *
 >>> equation = simplify("x**3 + x**2 + x + 1")
 >>> equation
x**3 + x**2 + x + 1
 >>> diff(equation)
3*x**2 + 2*x + 1

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