Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-lcc!lll-winken!uunet!pdn!boake2!jc3b21!fgd3 From: fgd3@jc3b21.UUCP (Fabbian G. Dufoe) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: C/AmigaDos Problem Message-ID: <635@jc3b21.UUCP> Date: 22 Apr 89 14:43:55 GMT References: <905@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL Lines: 18 From article <905@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>, by jshortle@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (John Shortle): > I have written a simple command-line reverse polish notation calculator in C. > If you want to compute (3 - 4 / 7), for example, you type, 'num 3 4 7 / -'. > It works fine unless you end the command with a plus (+) character. You > > Does anyone know what causes this and/or how to fix it? > Thanks. AmigaDOS uses the plus (+) sign as a command line continuation symbol. Try typing a space after the plus sign. --Fabbian Dufoe 350 Ling-A-Mor Terrace South St. Petersburg, Florida 33705 813-823-2350 UUCP: ...uunet!pdn!jc3b21!fgd3