added unbounded test, deleted unused cvariable

[linpy.git] / pypol / linexprs.py

diff --git a/pypol/linexprs.py b/pypol/linexprs.py
index 0db7edd..9ab5c86 100644 (file)
--- a/pypol/linexprs.py
+++ b/pypol/linexprs.py
@@ -252,9 +252,12 @@ class Expression:
                 return left / right
         raise SyntaxError('invalid syntax')
 
                 return left / right
         raise SyntaxError('invalid syntax')
 

+    _RE_NUM_VAR = re.compile(r'(\d+|\))\s*([^\W\d_]\w*|\()')
+

     @classmethod
     def fromstring(cls, string):
     @classmethod
     def fromstring(cls, string):

-        string = re.sub(r'(\d+|\))\s*([^\W\d_]\w*|\()', r'\1*\2', string)
+        # add implicit multiplication operators, e.g. '5x' -> '5*x'
+        string = cls._RE_NUM_VAR.sub(r'\1*\2', string)

         tree = ast.parse(string, 'eval')
         return cls._fromast(tree)
 
         tree = ast.parse(string, 'eval')
         return cls._fromast(tree)