Expression tree data structure
I want to implement a simple arithmetic expression tree data structure in c++, such that an expression tree object is initialised by: ExprTree(operator, expression1, expression2)
. Here is an example of how it should work:
double x = 1, y = 2, z = 0.5;
expr1 = ExprTree('*', x, y); // expr1 = 1 * 2 = 2
expr2 = ExprTree('-', expr1, z); // expr2 = (1 * 2) - 0.5 = 1.5
cout << expr2.str() << endl; // ((1 * 2) - 0.5)
cout << expr2.eval() << endl; // 1.5
Here is how my code looks so far:
template<class operand_type>
class ExprTree
{
public:
ExprTree(const char op_, operand_type& operand1_, operand_type& operand2_)
{
op = op_;
operand1 = operand1_;
operand2 = operand2_;
}
double eval() const;
std::string str() const;
private:
char op;
typename operand_type operand1, operand2;
};
template<class operand_type>
std::string ExprTree<operand_type>::str() const
{
std::ostringstream os;
std::string op1, op2;
if (typeid(*operand1) == typeid(ExprTree))
op1 = operand1->str();
else
op1 = std::string(*operand1);
if (typeid(*operand2) == typeid(ExprTree))
op2 = operand1->str();
else
op2 = std::string(*operand2);
os << "(" << op1 << " " << op << " " << op2 << ")";
return os.str();
}
However, I get this error when I compile the code:
left of '->write' must point to class/struct/union/generic type
I would appreciate it if someone would help me with this error and possibly provide some tips as to how I should implement this data structure. Btw, I'm very new to c++.
There are a number of problems in your code:
You use member of pointer -> operator on member variables operand1 and operand2
You need two different types in template arguments to initialize object with different argument types.
Classes/constructors don't autodetect types like functions do. It means that you can not do a thing like ExprTree('*', x, y);
. You have ether specify template arguments or use an additional template function to construct the object of ExprTree template class. See this answer.
The if (typeid(*operand1) == typeid(ExprTree))
evaluates at runtime, so you will get a compilation error because you try to call the method str() and pass the same object to std::string
I would prefer the following solution:
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
template<typename operand_type_A, typename operand_type_B>
class ExprTree
{
public:
ExprTree(){};
ExprTree(const char op_, const operand_type_A& operand1_, const operand_type_B& operand2_) {
op = op_;
operand1 = operand1_;
operand2 = operand2_;
};
double eval() const;
std::string str() const;
private:
char op;
operand_type_A operand1;
operand_type_B operand2;
};
template<typename operand_type_A, typename operand_type_B>
ExprTree<operand_type_A, operand_type_B> makeExpr(const char op, const operand_type_A& operand1, const operand_type_B& operand2)
{
return ExprTree<operand_type_A, operand_type_B>(op, operand1, operand2);
}
template<typename T>
std::string ToString(const T& x)
{
return x.str();
}
template<>
std::string ToString<double>(const double& x)
{
return std::to_string(x);
}
template<typename operand_type_A, typename operand_type_B>
std::string ExprTree<operand_type_A, operand_type_B>::str() const {
std::ostringstream os;
std::string op1, op2;
op1 = ToString(operand1);
op2 = ToString(operand2);
os << "(" << op1 << " " << op << " " << op2 << ")";
return os.str();
}
int main()
{
double x = 1, y = 2, z = 0.5;
std::cout << makeExpr('-', makeExpr('*', x, y), z).str() << std::endl;
return 0;
}
It outputs the following string:
((1.000000 * 2.000000) - 0.500000)
You may try it here.
When you say:
operand1->str();
You should say instead:
operand1.str();
Because operand1
is not a pointer but a member variable.
The error message
left of '->str' must point to class/struct/union/generic type
basically says that the left of operator ->
must be a pointer (it is not). (It also say that it must point to a class or similar, not to an integer, for example).
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