Crate rsc

This crate is specifically used for one thing: turning expressions inside of a string into a value. This crate acts as a scientific calculator, and includes several functions.

If you need a portion of the calculator changed or removed, please fork it, and make your changes. We encourage others to change RSC to their liking. You do not need to attribute anything to us. This is MIT licensed software.

Anyone can easily create a Computer and begin working with expressions. Computers also remember variables using a HashMap. You can create and begin using the preconfigured Computer like so:

use rsc::computer::Computer;

fn main() {
    let mut c = Computer::<f64>::default();
    // or
    // let mut c: Computer<f64> = Default::default();

    assert!(c.eval("x = 5").unwrap() == 5.0);
    assert!(c.eval("x^2").unwrap() == 25.0);
}

In most cases a simple eval should be all you need, but just as many times you may need to directly access the tokens and AST. Some reasons may include:

• For performance or caching; lexing and parsing an expression only once, to calculate it later hundreds of times in a loop.
• Better error messages or visual information for what is happening.

use rsc::{
    lexer::tokenize,
    parser::{parse, Expr},
    computer::Computer,
};

fn main() {
    let tokens = tokenize("x^2", true).unwrap();
    let ast = parse(&tokens).unwrap();
    let mut computer = Computer::<f64>::default();
     
    for x in 2..=5 {
        let mut ast = ast.clone();
 
        // Replace instances of variable reference 'x' with f64 value x from loop
        ast.replace(&Expr::Identifier("x".to_owned()), &Expr::Constant(x as f64), false);
 
        // or this could be done like:
        // computer.variables.
 
        println!("{}", computer.compute(&ast).unwrap());
    }
}

// Output:
// 4
// 9
// 16
// 25

Creating an Empty Computer

Constructing a Computer with Computer::<f64>::default() will initialize it with default variables: PI and E, and default functions: sin, cos, tan, log, and sqrt. To get a Computer with absolutely no default values, please construct one like so:

let mut c = Computer::new();
/// ... using the computer

Modules

computer	This module is for taking instructions generated by the parser (an AST) and producing real numbers.
lexer	For making notable symbols and words out of text.
parser	For using the symbols generated by the lexer and making sense of them in the context of mathematical expressions.

Enums

EvalError

An error that groups together all three error types: computer::ComputeError, parser::ParserError, and lexer::LexerError. Produced when using eval helper functions.

Functions

eval	Turn an expression inside a string into a number. If you are looking for more control, you may want to use the lexer, parser, and computer modules individually.