Re: reverse polish notation
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg73099] Re: [mg73099] reverse polish notation
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Sat, 3 Feb 2007 04:04:04 -0500 (EST)
- References: <200702021023.FAA08809@smc.vnet.net>
On 2 Feb 2007, at 11:23, cap'n rye wrote: > Is there a way to extensively use postfix notation for input in > Mathematica? I know you can enter F[x] as x//F, but I can't seem to > make it work for multiple arguments. For example N[Sqrt[7]] can be > input as 7//Sqrt//N, but I can't figure out how to input N[Sqrt[7],30] > or even Plus[3,5]. Is this type of input not really supported? Is > there a way to work around it? Thanks for your help. > The ony way I can see of doing this is by using Sequence: Sequence[2,3]//Plus 5 which seems to defeat the purpose of doing it in the first place. But you can use infix form: 2~Plus~3 5 which has essenitlaly the same advantages. Andrzje Kozlowski
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- reverse polish notation
- From: "cap'n rye" <jacksiegrist@yahoo.com>
- reverse polish notation