如果我们要实现它，那么我们可以使用下面的算法

While there are still tokens to be read in, 1.1 Get the next token. 1.2 If the token is: 1.2.1 A number: push it onto the value stack. 1.2.2 A variable: get its value, and push onto the value stack. 1.2.3 A left parenthesis: push it onto the operator stack. 1.2.4 A right parenthesis: 1 While the thing on top of the operator stack is not a left parenthesis, 1 Pop the operator from the operator stack. 2 Pop the value stack twice, getting two operands. 3 Apply the operator to the operands, in the correct order. 4 Push the result onto the value stack. 2 Pop the left parenthesis from the operator stack, and discard it. 1.2.5 An operator (call it thisOp): 1 While the operator stack is not empty, and the top thing on the operator stack has the same or greater precedence as thisOp, 1 Pop the operator from the operator stack. 2 Pop the value stack twice, getting two operands. 3 Apply the operator to the operands, in the correct order. 4 Push the result onto the value stack. 2 Push thisOp onto the operator stack. While the operator stack is not empty, 1 Pop the operator from the operator stack. 2 Pop the value stack twice, getting two operands. 3 Apply the operator to the operands, in the correct order. 4 Push the result onto the value stack. At this point the operator stack should be empty, and the value stack should have only one value in it, which is the final result.

另一种方法是使用Spring表达式语言或SpEL，它在计算数学表达式时做了更多的工作，因此可能会有点过度。您不必使用Spring框架来使用这个表达式库，因为它是独立的。从SpEL文档中复制示例:

ExpressionParser parser = new SpelExpressionParser();
int two = parser.parseExpression("1 + 1").getValue(Integer.class); // 2 
double twentyFour = parser.parseExpression("2.0 * 3e0 * 4").getValue(Double.class); //24.0

我想无论你用什么方法做这个都会涉及到很多条件命题。但是对于单个操作，比如在你的例子中，你可以将它限制为4个if语句

String math = "1+4";

if (math.split("+").length == 2) {
    //do calculation
} else if (math.split("-").length == 2) {
    //do calculation
} ...

当你想要处理像“4+5*6”这样的多个操作时，它会变得更加复杂。

如果你试图构建一个计算器，那么我建议分别传递计算的每个部分(每个数字或运算符)，而不是作为一个单一的字符串。

这实际上是对@Boann给出的答案的补充。它有一个轻微的错误，导致“-2 ^ 2”给出一个错误的结果-4.0。这里的问题是求幂的点。只需将取幂运算移到parseTerm()的块中，就可以了。看看下面，这是@Boann的回答略有修改。修改意见见评论。

public static double eval(final String str) {
    return new Object() {
        int pos = -1, ch;

        void nextChar() {
            ch = (++pos < str.length()) ? str.charAt(pos) : -1;
        }

        boolean eat(int charToEat) {
            while (ch == ' ') nextChar();
            if (ch == charToEat) {
                nextChar();
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }

        double parse() {
            nextChar();
            double x = parseExpression();
            if (pos < str.length()) throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected: " + (char)ch);
            return x;
        }

        // Grammar:
        // expression = term | expression `+` term | expression `-` term
        // term = factor | term `*` factor | term `/` factor
        // factor = `+` factor | `-` factor | `(` expression `)`
        //        | number | functionName factor | factor `^` factor

        double parseExpression() {
            double x = parseTerm();
            for (;;) {
                if      (eat('+')) x += parseTerm(); // addition
                else if (eat('-')) x -= parseTerm(); // subtraction
                else return x;
            }
        }

        double parseTerm() {
            double x = parseFactor();
            for (;;) {
                if      (eat('*')) x *= parseFactor(); // multiplication
                else if (eat('/')) x /= parseFactor(); // division
                else if (eat('^')) x = Math.pow(x, parseFactor()); //exponentiation -> Moved in to here. So the problem is fixed
                else return x;
            }
        }

        double parseFactor() {
            if (eat('+')) return parseFactor(); // unary plus
            if (eat('-')) return -parseFactor(); // unary minus

            double x;
            int startPos = this.pos;
            if (eat('(')) { // parentheses
                x = parseExpression();
                eat(')');
            } else if ((ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch == '.') { // numbers
                while ((ch >= '0' && ch <= '9') || ch == '.') nextChar();
                x = Double.parseDouble(str.substring(startPos, this.pos));
            } else if (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') { // functions
                while (ch >= 'a' && ch <= 'z') nextChar();
                String func = str.substring(startPos, this.pos);
                x = parseFactor();
                if (func.equals("sqrt")) x = Math.sqrt(x);
                else if (func.equals("sin")) x = Math.sin(Math.toRadians(x));
                else if (func.equals("cos")) x = Math.cos(Math.toRadians(x));
                else if (func.equals("tan")) x = Math.tan(Math.toRadians(x));
                else throw new RuntimeException("Unknown function: " + func);
            } else {
                throw new RuntimeException("Unexpected: " + (char)ch);
            }

            //if (eat('^')) x = Math.pow(x, parseFactor()); // exponentiation -> This is causing a bit of problem

            return x;
        }
    }.parse();
}

这是另一个有趣的选择 https://github.com/Shy-Ta/expression-evaluator-demo

它的用法非常简单，可以完成工作，例如:

  ExpressionsEvaluator evalExpr = ExpressionsFactory.create("2+3*4-6/2");  
  assertEquals(BigDecimal.valueOf(11), evalExpr.eval()); 

解决这个问题的正确方法是使用词法分析器和解析器。您可以自己编写这些页面的简单版本，或者这些页面还包含指向Java词法分析器和解析器的链接。

创建递归下降解析器是非常好的学习练习。