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Convert a String to an Expression in R Programming - parse() Function

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parse() function in R Language is used to convert an object of character class to an object of expression class.
Syntax: parse(text = character) Parameters: character: Object of character class
Example 1: Python3 1==
# R program to convert 
# character to expression

# Creating an object of character class
x <- "sin(pi / 2)"

# Class of object
class(x)

# Calling parse() Function
x1 <- parse(text = x)

# Class of parsed object
class(x1)
Output:
[1] "character"
[1] "expression"
Example 2: Python3 1==
# R program to convert 
# character to expression

# Creating an object of character class
x <- "2 ^ 3"

# Evaluating the value of object
eval(x)

# Calling parse() Function
x1 <- parse(text = x)

# Evaluating the value of object
eval(x1)
Output:
[1] "2^3"
[1] 8

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