I made a few changes to the conditionals around the eval code to possibly keep mistakes from happening when it is used, but I still can't figure out how to convert the eval EXPR into an eval BLOCK. Like converting a map or grep EXPR to a BLOCK, it isn't as easy as putting {} around it instead of () and expecting it to work the same.
if ($raw_value && $raw_value =~ /\d+\*\d+/) {
$total_value = eval($raw_value); # performs multiplication
($amount, $base_value) = split(/\*/,$raw_value);
}
elsif ($raw_value && $raw_value =~ /\d+\/\d+/) {
$base_value = eval($raw_value); # performs division
($total_value, $amount) = split(/\//, $raw_value);
}
else {
$amount = $raw_value;
$base_value = $assets->{$lookup_asset} ? $assets->{$lookup_asset}
+: 0;
$total_value = $amount * $base_value;
}
My OS is Debian 10 (Buster); my perl versions are 5.28.1 local and 5.16.3 or 5.30.0 on web host depending on the shebang.
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