evaluating a string using a column formula?
I have a column with strings, e.g. 20.5 + 1.18*1.61 - 0.0816*(1.61-1.85)^2 , and I would like to evaluate its value in a different column. I tried using eval() with the name of the column with the strings as argument, but it did not work: I simply get the string again, not the value of that string. I am sure the strings can be evaluated, because I tried eval(20.5 + 1.18*1.61 - 0.0816*(1.61-1.85)^...
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