sub ev (Str $s --> Num) { grammar expr { token TOP { ^ $ } token sum { (('+' || '-') )* } token product { (('*' || '/') )* } token factor { ? [ || ] } token unary_minus { '-' } token parens { '(' ')' } token literal { \d+ ['.' \d+]? || '.' \d+ } } my sub minus ($b) { $b ?? -1 !! +1 } my sub sum ($x) { [+] flat product($x), map { minus($^y[0] eq '-') * product $^y }, |($x[0] or []) } my sub product ($x) { [*] flat factor($x), map { factor($^y) ** minus($^y[0] eq '/') }, |($x[0] or []) } my sub factor ($x) { minus($x) * ($x ?? sum $x !! $x) } expr.parse([~] split /\s+/, $s); $/ or fail 'No parse.'; sum $/; }