Is there C/C++ equivalent of eval("function(arg1, arg2)")?

C++ doesn't have reflection so you must hack it, i. e.:

#include <iostream>
#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <functional>

void foo() { std::cout << "foo()"; }
void boo() { std::cout << "boo()"; }
void too() { std::cout << "too()"; }
void goo() { std::cout << "goo()"; }

int main() {
  std::map<std::string, std::function<void()>> functions;
  functions["foo"] = foo;
  functions["boo"] = boo;
  functions["too"] = too;
  functions["goo"] = goo;

  std::string func;
  std::cin >> func;
  if (functions.find(func) != functions.end()) {
    functions[func]();
  }
  return 0;
}

There are at least 2 alternatives:

• The command pattern.
• On windows, you can use GetProcAddress to get a callback by name, and dlopen + dlsym on *nix.

#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
#include <cstdlib>
using namespace std;


double eval( string expression );


int main( int argc, char *argv[] )
{
    string expression = "";
    for ( int i = 1; i < argc; i++ )
    {
       expression = expression + argv[i];
    }
    cout << "Expression [ " << expression << " ] = " << endl;

    eval( expression );
}


double eval( string expression )
{
    string program = "";
    program = program + "#include <cmath>\n";
    program = program + "#include <iostream>\n";
    program = program + "using namespace std;\n";
    program = program + "int main()\n";
    program = program + "{\n";
    program = program + "   cout << ";
    program = program + expression;
    program = program + " << endl;\n";
    program = program + "}";


    ofstream out( "abc.cpp" );
    out << program;
    out.close();

    system( "g++ -o abc.exe abc.cpp" );
    system( "abc" );
}

You could try to adopt an existing scripting engine, expose the functions you like to this and then use this to evaluate your statements. One such enging could be the V8 engine: https://developers.google.com/v8/intro but there are many alternatives and different languages to choose from.

Here are some examples:

• Boost Python
• V8
• LUA
• AngelScript