BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 03-13-93 (22:26) Number: 337 From: QUINN TYLER JACKSON Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: formula solver 4/7 Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
'>>> Start of page 4.
SUB sqjApplyOp (Op$, r, h)
' This is the meat of the operator section, and can be
modified to ' includ ANY symbol as an operator, or any two
byte symbol combination. ' Any symbol added has to be added
to the constant that sets its ' level of precedence.
SELECT CASE Op$
CASE "-" ' subtraction
r = r - h
CASE "+" ' addition
r = r + h
CASE "*" ' multiplication
r = r * h
CASE "/" ' division
r = r / h
CASE "\" ' integer division
r = r \ h
CASE "%" ' modulo division
r = r MOD h
CASE "^", "**" ' exponentation
r = r ^ h
CASE "]" ' the rth root of h
r = h ^ (1 / r)
CASE "?" ' random number from 0 to h, to r decimal places
r = (INT(RND * h * 10 ^ r)) / 10 ^ r
CASE "<<" ' bitshift left h by r bits
r = INT(h) * 2 ^ INT(r)
CASE ">>" ' bitshift right h by r bits
r = INT(h) \ 2 ^ INT(r)
CASE "<" ' logical less than than
r = r < h
CASE "<=", "=<" ' logical less than or equal to
r = r <= h
CASE ">" ' logical greater than
r = r > h
CASE ">=", "=>" ' logical greater than or equal to
r = r >= h
CASE "==" ' logical equality
r = r = h
CASE "<>" ' logical inequality
r = r <> h
CASE "&" ' bitwise AND
r = r AND h
CASE "|" ' bitwise OR
r = r OR h
CASE "~" ' bitwise XOR
r = r XOR h
END SELECT
END SUB
SUB sqjAssignVar (VarName$, VarValue)
' First we see if this variable is already in the list
FOR i% = 1 TO VariPtr
IF VarMem(i%).Nom = VarName$ THEN
' Since it was, just change its value
VarMem(i%).Valu = VarValu
EXIT SUB
END IF
NEXT i%
' Since it wasn't, put it there
VariPtr = VariPtr + 1
'>>> Continued on page 5.
--- Maximus/2 2.01wb
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