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+/*
+// Copyright (c) 2017 Intel Corporation
+// Copyright (c) 2022 IBM Corp.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+*/
+
+#include "expression.hpp"
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace expression
+{
+std::optional<Operation> parseOperation(std::string& op)
+{
+    if (op == "+")
+    {
+        return Operation::addition;
+    }
+    if (op == "-")
+    {
+        return Operation::subtraction;
+    }
+    if (op == "*")
+    {
+        return Operation::multiplication;
+    }
+    if (op == R"(%)")
+    {
+        return Operation::modulo;
+    }
+    if (op == R"(/)")
+    {
+        return Operation::division;
+    }
+
+    return std::nullopt;
+}
+
+int evaluate(int a, Operation op, int b)
+{
+    switch (op)
+    {
+        case Operation::addition:
+        {
+            return a + b;
+        }
+        case Operation::subtraction:
+        {
+            return a - b;
+        }
+        case Operation::multiplication:
+        {
+            return a * b;
+        }
+        case Operation::division:
+        {
+            return a / b;
+        }
+        case Operation::modulo:
+        {
+            return a % b;
+        }
+
+        default:
+            throw std::invalid_argument("Unrecognised operation");
+    }
+}
+
+int evaluate(int substitute, std::vector<std::string>::iterator curr,
+             std::vector<std::string>::iterator& end)
+{
+    bool isOperator = true;
+    std::optional<Operation> next = Operation::addition;
+
+    for (; curr != end; curr++)
+    {
+        if (isOperator)
+        {
+            next = expression::parseOperation(*curr);
+            if (!next)
+            {
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            try
+            {
+                int constant = std::stoi(*curr);
+                substitute = evaluate(substitute, *next, constant);
+            }
+            catch (const std::invalid_argument&)
+            {
+                std::cerr << "Parameter not supported for templates " << *curr
+                          << "\n";
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+        isOperator = !isOperator;
+    }
+
+    end = curr;
+    return substitute;
+}
+} // namespace expression