Re: Algorithm needed to convert a text string to a mathematical expression

[Jon Bell <jtbell@cs1.presby.edu>]

  <Raacc@aol.com> wrote:
> Does anyone have a source for an algorithm that will look at a text string
> and convert it into a mathematical expression?

This is a common application of "stacks", which are usually taught in a
second-semester course in Pascal or C or C++ or whatever.  Many "CS2"
textbooks probably discuss this topic.  The one I have is "Advanced
Programming in Pascal with Data Structures" by Larry Nyhoff and Sanford
Leestma, published by Macmillan. 

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Jon Bell <jtbell@presby.edu>                        Presbyterian College
Dept. of Physics and Computer Science        Clinton, South Carolina USA