From: Ryan Davis Date: 2012-11-22T17:32:16+09:00 Subject: Re: check string format On Nov 21, 2012, at 23:53 , ariv arasan wrote: > its a kind of assignment for me "converting hash format string into hash > without using eval". I tried a lot, couldn't find solution. So i just > shared it in forum. Well, then, you might want to look up how to write a simple recursive decent parser (RDP).