[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]
Using `eval-expression' for math
From: |
reader |
Subject: |
Using `eval-expression' for math |
Date: |
Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:52:51 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) |
Can someone show me how to do math with the eval-expression tool?
(+ 2 2) and such simple problems I can do of course but when it comes
to combining things like:
52 * 32 / 12
Trying (* 52 32 ( / 12))
or
(/ 12 ( * 52 32 ))
Goes nowhere fast, and from there I can't really imagine how else to
arrange the parens.
I get completely lost with the paren arrangement. Obviously my lisp
skills are non-existent but I'm guessing there are a few basic rules
that will allow me to do basic math like the problem above quickly
without having to resort to my old stand by:
awk 'BEGIN{print ((52 * 32) / 12)}'
Or simply:
awk 'BEGIN{print (52 * 32 / 12)}'
Using awk takes longer to get it done than a quick `eval-expression' inside
emacs would take.
- Using `eval-expression' for math,
reader <=
- Message not available