Does the expression 1+1 evaluate as 2 or does it evaluate to 2?
Is one (or both) of the above not proper English or misused in this context, or are they both okay?
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Best Answer
Google Books (don't use vanilla Google) shows both work for digits for value:
"expression evaluates to 5" About 65 results
"expression evaluates as 5" 3 results
I'd prefer the "to" variant.
With literals for values (a, b, u), only t seems to work; I just wasn't able get any hits with "as." Others might know otherwise.