On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 10:21, Jeff Borders wrote: > Hello, > > I'm a total newbie with only a few programs under my belt. Anyway, I > would like to create a command line calculator. Like the one available > in python. > > The python interpreter will accept 5+5 or 5 + 5.
Perl will as well... here's a simple perl calculator... ############################################################## #!perl use strict; $| = 1; while (1) { print "Please enter your expression (or 'exit' to exit): "; chomp(my $cmd = <>); exit if ($cmd =~ /^\s*exit\s*$/); my $result = eval "$cmd"; print "Result = $result\n\n"; } ############################################################## > > I would like some ideas on how to parse the command line. I can read it > in as STDIN, but then need to determine the two or more numbers and the > operators. > > Thanks. > > Jeff Borders -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]