(defun my-eval-string (str)
  "Read and evaluate all forms in str.
Return the results of all forms as a list."
  (let ((next 0)
        ret)
    (condition-case err
        (while t
          (setq ret (cons (funcall (lambda (ret)
                                     (setq next (cdr ret))
                                     (eval (car ret)))
                                   (read-from-string str next))
                          ret)))
      (end-of-file))
    (nreverse ret)))

(car (my-eval-string (format "%S" '(xr "\\.\\(?:txt\\|tex\\|el\\)\\'"))))