Mid Coding

Evaluate an infix expression (with parentheses)?

public int EvaluateInfix(string expression) {

Stack<int> operands = new Stack<int>();

Stack<char> operators = new Stack<char>();

int i = 0;

while (i < expression.Length) {

if (char.IsWhiteSpace(expression[i])) {

i++;

continue;

if (char.IsDigit(expression[i])) {

int val = 0;

while (i < expression.Length &&

char.IsDigit(expression[i])) {

val = val * 10 + (expression[i] - '0');

i++;

operands.Push(val);

continue;

if (expression[i] == '(') {

operators.Push(expression[i]);

else if (expression[i] == ')') {

while (operators.Peek() != '(') {

ApplyOp(operands, operators);

operators.Pop(); // remove '('

Follow on:

else if (IsOperator(expression[i])) {

while (operators.Count > 0 &&

Precedence(operators.Peek()) >= Precedence(expression[i])) {

ApplyOp(operands, operators);

operators.Push(expression[i]);

i++;

while (operators.Count > 0) {

ApplyOp(operands, operators);

return operands.Pop();

bool IsOperator(char c) {

return c == '+' || c == '-' || c == '*' || c == '/';

int Precedence(char op) {

if (op == '+' || op == '-') return 1;

if (op == '*' || op == '/') return 2;

return 0;

void ApplyOp(Stack<int> operands, Stack<char> operators) {

int b = operands.Pop();

int a = operands.Pop();

char op = operators.Pop();

int result = 0;

switch (op) {

case '+': result = a + b; break;

case '-': result = a - b; break;

case '*': result = a * b; break;

Follow on:

case '/': result = a / b; break;

operands.Push(result);

Explanation:

Standard two-stack algorithm for evaluating infix expressions considering operator

precedence and parentheses.

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