How to parse a string into an object (AST)?

Question

JavaScript

Hello.

I need to parse a line like this

const str="SALARY('@JohnSmith') = {USER.workingHours} * {USER.hourlyRate}";

convert to something close to an AST object like this:

const result = [
  {type: 'function', name: 'SALARY', params: ['@JohnSmith']},
  {type: 'entity', name: 'USER', fields: ['workingHours']},
  {type: 'mathOperation', operator: 'mutliply'},
  {type: 'entity', name: 'USER', fields: ['hourlyRate']} 
]

Perhaps there are already libraries with similar capabilities?

Answer 1

Tyk