This REXX program runs on all REXX platforms and is an easy tool to do calculations in all four basic arithmetics (including parentheses).
Here is program CALC:
/* REXX - CALC */
/* Copyright Gerhard Mayer 2001,2002 */
/* Supply the expression to be computed (using all four basic arithmetics
including parentheses) as a parameter during call, z.B. CALC 17+4
Get the results on standard output (STDOUT) (usually terminal)
Note 1: Decimal values MUST be supplied using American notation (using
DecimalPOINT), e.g. CALC 100*1.16
Note 2: The expression to be calculated may contain special values:
PI represents 3.14159... to compute e.g. the area of a circle
*/
Parse Upper Arg line
Numeric Digits 20
/* Define constants and number of significant decimal digits */
PI = 3.141592654 ; pisuffx = 9
If line = '' Then line = 0
Interpret 'res = ' line
Select
When Pos('PI',line) > 0 Then suffx = pisuffx
Otherwise suffx = 0
End
If suffx > 0 Then res = Format(res,,suffx)
Say res
Exit
Examples:
CALC 17+4
==> 21
CALC 100*1.16
==> 116.00
Using special values:
a) Compute circumference of a circle of radius 20
(Formula: C = 2 * radius * pi):
CALC 2*20*PI
==> 125.663706160
b) Compute area of a circle of radius 20
(Formula: A = radius * radius * pi):
CALC 20*20*PI
==> 1256.637061600
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