C# Eval() support

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Published on 2009-06-21T14:47:07Z Indexed on 2010/06/09 4:32 UTC
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Hi Guys,
we need to evaluate a value in an object in run time while we have a textual statement of the exact member path for example: myobject.firstMember.secondMember[3].text
we thought of parsing this textual statement using regex and then evaluate the text value by using reflection but before we do that i wonder if C# support some kind of eval ability? so we won't have to do the parsing ourself. How do microsoft do this in their immediate window or watch windows?

thanks you very much,

Adi Barda

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