Jochen Spieker: > Morel Bérenger: > > $man dc > > => "reverse-polish" ? What is it? It is surely not for simple > > calculations and conversions... > > That's probably only for majors in maths or computer science.
No, dc is a perfect tool for simple calculations and conversions. Instead of entering e.g. 2+3= you use the so-called reverse-polish notation: 2 3+ Once used to it, you'll probably never want anything else. Imagine a stack: 0 0 0 0 After entering 2, it looks like this: 0 0 0 2 After entering 3: 0 0 2 3 After entering +: 0 0 0 5 In dc: $ dc 2 3+p 5 As a final example, the calculation of (1 + V5)/2 (V means square root here) up to 6 decimal places: $ dc 6k1 5v+2/p 1.618033 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20121121185520.66b88a1a.shiems...@kpnplanet.nl
