calculate from querystring

hi all, pretty new at asp i'm wandering if it's possible to do what follows:

i'm getting from querystring *, /, - or +
like ...&calculate=*
now i want to use this in the calculation
like var1 calculate var2
how do i get it to understand that it's not a string but an actual calculation?

thx,

um, dont do it that way.

have a querystring like blah.asp?method=add

then use a select case statement that says

Select case Request.querystring("method")
Case add
result = var1 + var2
Case subtract
result = var1 - var2
[etc etc etc]
end select

thx for that quick response.write....lol

that's exactly the way that i did it in the end

but still....i was wondering if it couldn't be done shorter
now you have to code 4 times the same thing

i was really hoping i could get a calculating sign in a variableX

so i'd only need to code 1 line

number1 variableX number2

you may be able to get the symbol ( not a very good idea) .

Take a look at server.URlencode. or HTMLENCODE. you may have an answer there