Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!think!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!watdcsu.UUCP!dziegler From: dziegler@watdcsu.UUCP (dziegler) Newsgroups: comp.sys.zenith.z100 Subject: eval - command line floating point calculator with variables Message-ID:Date: Sun, 29-Nov-87 14:16:00 EST Article-I.D.: SIMTEL20.KPETERSEN.12354893118.BABYL Posted: Sun Nov 29 14:16:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 4-Dec-87 06:36:19 EST Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 32 Now available via standard anonymous FTP from SIMTEL20... Filename Type Bytes CRC Directory PD1: EVAL.ARC.1 BINARY 24353 25D4H Bored with loading basic everytime you need to do some simple calculation ? 'eval' is a command-line driven floating point calculator that uses the environment for variable storage. ( through int 2E ) a sample session : C>eval a=1+2*3/4 a=2.5 C>eval (a+2)*2 9 bugs : will crash machine if variable assignment is done when eval is used from batchfile ( problen with int2E ) . There is little point to using eval from within a batchfile anyway - so this is not much of a problem. source MSC 4.0/MASM included. ( eval.exe grew by about 15K when i changed it from (long) to (double) math ) defenestration noun : the act of throwing something ( esp. person ) out of a window. - Concise O.E.D.