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[Vindicator209]

I dont know if this is the right place to ask this but i have a gui in which you type a long problem, and an edit box below it to show the answer in the V formation, but im not sure if it can be done, like this:

If the problem is (3+4)*5/5-1 (what they type in)

and this is the result:

(3+4)*5/5-1

7*5/5-1

35/5-1

7-1

6

possible?

Edited September 18, 2006 by MethodZero

[Paulie]

I dont know if this is the right place to ask this but i have a gui in which you type a long problem, and an edit box below it to show the answer in the V formation, but im not sure if it can be done, like this:

If the problem is (3+4)*5/5-1 (what they type in)

and this is the result:

(3+4)*5/5-1

7*5/5-1

35/5-1

7-1

6

possible?

I don't know if it will always be incrementally shorter with each step (Decimals)

but that should be possible

[Vindicator209]

ok i cant find how to do this..is there a command to do this???

[yutt]

ok i cant find how to do this..is there a command to do this???

I don't think there is a command that would make this incredibly easy.

The only thing that comes immediately to mind would be creating a function (probably recursive) to parse the expression as a string, and break everything down intelligently according to the order of operations. Evaluate each sub-expression and display as you go, then re-feed them.

Shouldn't be terribly hard to pull off.

Edited September 19, 2006 by yutt

[SmOke_N]

They'd have to type it correctly of course, or you'd better brush up on some parsing skills:

$factor = ((((3+4) * 5) / 5) - 1)
MsgBox(0, 'Info', Execute($factor))