Expression Manipulator v0.01

Yes, it's still very alpha. Just an expression parser, really. Attached is the source code. Basically, at the prompt, you type an expression (not an equation):

Code:

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5x + 6x^2 + 7^yz - (x+(x+(x+3)^2))

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This is valid input. The division symbol '/' doesn't work properly, but it should be a quick fix. Variables may be any length. Be sure to seperate variables with an asterisk (*). Negative signs are assumed to be attached to a term unless it's followed with a space.

The combine_like_terms() function currently works badly and unpredictably.

Any suggestions, comments, or critisism is appreciated.

• Functions don't work
• To raise something to a power, make sure it is right after the '^' sign.
• If in doubt, surround it with parentheses.
• I hope to support a wide variety of things, like equations, derivatives, integrals, substitution, etc
• The code is very messy. If you need to, ask for clarification.

wow, i'll try it out later. cool, i was thinking about writing a calculus class but i never had the time.

Hopefully the next release will be rock solid. This one features memory leaks, lack of function support, no division symbol, and a ton of messy code.

Pretty cool, but I agree with ygfperson.

I really should write a calculus class. I'm always having to write a specialized one in some of my AI programs that deal with fractals. Or at the very least, I should do just a fractal class, with new data types like REAL. Do you think I should send it in for the source code section of the site.

hey ygf, can u post a executable for the prog, my compiler is screwd and i can;t compile it....i'm getting like 20+ errors

EDIT: btw, i was using BC++ 5.01

What kind of errors?

I can't post an executable due to the file size limitation.

Attached is v0.02: now with division and function support. Memory still leaks though.

forgot to attach...

Here's the class structure if anyone's interested:

Expression -> One

Term

Factor -> Numeral -> Float
Factor -> Function
Factor -> Factor_Expression
Factor -> Variable


One is a special case of expression, meant to be used as a primitive so that the program doesn't loop indefinitely when figuring out powers. Expression contains a vector array of Terms. Each term contains a vector array of Factor pointers.

Function is basically a string of the functions name and an expression of the function's inside. Float contains a double-precision value. There was an Integer class but it was removed because it was too difficult to manage both Float and Integer at the same time. Factor_Expression is basically an Expression contained in a regular factor. Variable is just a string containing the variable's name.

Every Factor contains an Expression pointer to deal with powers.

here's a screen shot of the errors

EDIT: i missed a few in the bottom, but those r the general errors

cool. I had to write something like this just last week for school, except we also had strings and sets as operands

Commander, try removing the std:: beginnings of any variables or functions in question. You can remove any 'std::cerr' statement entirely; that's just for debugging purposes.


Here's version 0.03. I've fixed the memory management (much easier than I thought). Functions work fine, so do other primitives. So this should be a pretty stable release. I've renamed the zip file to keep them from getting mixed up with the other two. My next release won't be for a few days, at least.