Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!news.funet.fi!uwasa.fi!ts From: ts@uwasa.fi (Timo Salmi) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted Subject: Re: mathematical expression handler Keywords: expression handler Message-ID: <1991Feb25.195419.11923@uwasa.fi> Date: 25 Feb 91 19:54:19 GMT References: <10252@mirsa.inria.fr> Organization: University of Vaasa Lines: 40 In article <10252@mirsa.inria.fr> kjartan@zig.inria.fr (Kjartan Emilson) writes: >Does anyone know of a mathematical expression handler, in >the spirit of for example regex(3) for regular expression. > >What I would like the thing to do is for example take a >string: > > "tanh(0.3)+2.0*sin(3.2)-3.0" > >and return its value, and be reasonably fast. I`m sure there >must be something like that lurking somewhere, so I could spare : /pc/ts/tsfunc13.arc (for MsDos users) TSFUNC13.ARC Plot/calculate functions T.Salmi Filename Comment Date Time CRC -------- -------------------------------- ---- ---- --- FN.EXE Calculator (evaluates functions) 12-28-88 15:33:36 CEBA FNP.EXE Plots any function 12-28-88 15:32:48 8D72 FNT.EXE Tabulates user's function 12-28-88 15:50:52 1D41 TSFUNC.INF Document 06-01-89 12:43:42 2DEA TSPROG.INF List of PD programs from T.Salmi 05-28-89 13:10:24 F9AA ---- ------ ------ ----- 0005 137693 100441 28% The wares are available by anonymous ftp from garbo.uwasa.fi, Vaasa, Finland, 128.214.12.37, or by using our mail server (use the latter if, and only if you don't have anonymous ftp). If you are not familiar with anonymous ftp or mail servers, I am prepared to send prerecorded instructions on request. (If you don't get the instructions from me within a few days, it will mean that your email address cannot be reached by a simple email reply, and you wouldn't be able to utilize the mail server anyway.) ................................................................... Prof. Timo Salmi Moderating at garbo.uwasa.fi anonymous ftp archives 128.214.12.37 School of Business Studies, University of Vaasa, SF-65101, Finland Internet: ts@chyde.uwasa.fi Funet: gado::salmi Bitnet: salmi@finfun