#!/usr/bin/perl

# calc-0.1
#
# The ultimate command line calculation program :-^
# You now have full Perl calculating power at your
# fingertips (say: commandline or scripts). 
# You optionally can format your output using printf formatting 
# instructions (shell scripts!).
# Building floating point tables in shell scripts
# with spaces and indentation is real fun now.

# Usage calc <string_to_calculate> [<output_format>]
#

# Input is a string like (10+3)/7 or "(10 + 3) / 7"
# Optional second block of input is considered formatting string.
# 
# Take care that 
# a) there are no spaces between the stuff to calculate or enclose into ()
# b) to multiply you have to escape '*' as '\*'
#
# Samples:
# calc 10+3
# calc ( 10 + 3 )
# calc 100/7
# calc 12\*7
# calc sqrt(100)
# calc sqrt( 2 + .1 ) %d
# calc 10/3 %3.3f


# Comments/improvements to: 
# Hans Zoebelein <hzo@goldfish.cube.net> <hzo@gmx.de>
# Enjoy!
# Hans