Evaluating strings as literals

Question

Is there an easy way to evaluate a string like "myVar.property.value <= myOtherVar.property.value" against run-time literal values? The format will always be the same,  but breaking it into 3 parts, running a switch...case through all the operators then trying to convert the strings seems awful cumbersome....

Answer 1

I have a demo here you might find useful
MyClass.as
package 
    import flash.text.TextField;
    public class MyClass
        public var tf:TextField;
        public function MyClass()
            tf = new TextField();
            tf.text = "somthing or other";
and
package
    import flash.display.Sprite;
    import flash.events.Event;
    [SWF(backgroundColor="#ffffff", width=400, height=400, frameRate=60)]
    public class Main extends Sprite
        public function Main()
            if (stage)
                init();
            else
                addEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
        public function init(event:Event=null):void
            removeEventListener(Event.ADDED_TO_STAGE, init);
            var myClass:MyClass = new MyClass();
            var string:String = "tf.text.length";
            var values:Array = string.split(".");
            trace(myClass[values[0]][values[1]][values[2]]);
I can't currently think of a way to get hold of the myClass instance though