Fix/lua no funcs known (#15)

* lua fixes:

- fix lua function calling, didn't work in the last
releases (regression)
- add lua funcs which don't modify the stack (for converters etc)
- added better lua examples

README.md

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ Features:
 - completion
 - history
 - comments (comment character is `#`)
+- variables
 
 ## Demo
 
@@ -224,10 +225,15 @@ the `register()` function to register your functions to the
 calculator. This function takes these parameters:
 
 - function name
-- number of arguments expected (1,2 or -1 allowed), -1 means batch
-  mode
+- number of arguments expected (see below)
 - help text
 
+Number of expected arguments can be:
+
+- 0: expect 1 argument but do NOT modify the stack
+- 1-n: do a singular calculation
+- -1: batch mode work with all numbers on the stack 
+
 Please [refer to the lua language
 reference](https://www.lua.org/manual/5.4/) for more details about
 LUA.

calc.go

@@ -33,17 +33,22 @@ type Calc struct {
 	batch        bool
 	stdin        bool
 	showstack    bool
+	intermediate bool
+	notdone      bool // set to true as long as there are items left in the eval loop
 	stack        *Stack
 	history      []string
 	completer    readline.AutoCompleter
 	interpreter  *Interpreter
 	Space        *regexp.Regexp
 	Comment      *regexp.Regexp
+	Register     *regexp.Regexp
 	Constants    []string
 	LuaFunctions []string
 
 	Funcalls      Funcalls
 	BatchFuncalls Funcalls
+
+	Vars map[string]float64
 }
 
 // help for lua functions will be added dynamically
@@ -56,6 +61,7 @@ clear                clear the whole stack
 shift                remove the last element of the stack
 reverse              reverse the stack elements
 swap                 exchange the last two elements
+vars                 show list of variables
 history              display calculation history
 help|?               show this message
 quit|exit|c-d|c-c    exit program
@@ -79,12 +85,16 @@ sum                  sum of all values (alias: +)
 max                  max of all values
 min                  min of all values
 mean                 mean of all values (alias: avg)
-median               median of all values`
+median               median of all values
+
+Register variables:
+>NAME                Put last stack element into variable NAME
+<NAME                Retrieve variable NAME and put onto stack`
 
 // commands, constants and operators,  defined here to feed completion
 // and our mode switch in Eval() dynamically
 const (
-	Commands  string = `dump reverse debug undebug clear batch shift undo help history manual exit quit swap show`
+	Commands  string = `dump reverse debug undebug clear batch shift undo help history manual exit quit swap show vars`
 	Constants string = `Pi Phi Sqrt2 SqrtE SqrtPi SqrtPhi Ln2 Log2E Ln10 Log10E`
 )
 
@@ -126,6 +136,7 @@ func NewCalc() *Calc {
 
 	c.Funcalls = DefineFunctions()
 	c.BatchFuncalls = DefineBatchFunctions()
+	c.Vars = map[string]float64{}
 
 	c.completer = readline.NewPrefixCompleter(
 		// custom lua functions
@@ -135,20 +146,21 @@ func NewCalc() *Calc {
 
 	c.Space = regexp.MustCompile(`\s+`)
 	c.Comment = regexp.MustCompile(`#.*`) // ignore everything after #
+	c.Register = regexp.MustCompile(`^([<>])([A-Z][A-Z0-9]*)`)
 
 	// pre-calculate mode switching arrays
 	c.Constants = strings.Split(Constants, " ")
 
-	for name := range LuaFuncs {
-		c.LuaFunctions = append(c.LuaFunctions, name)
-	}
-
 	return &c
 }
 
-// setup the interpreter, called from main()
+// setup the interpreter, called from main(), import lua functions
 func (c *Calc) SetInt(I *Interpreter) {
 	c.interpreter = I
+
+	for name := range LuaFuncs {
+		c.LuaFunctions = append(c.LuaFunctions, name)
+	}
 }
 
 func (c *Calc) ToggleDebug() {
@@ -198,7 +210,15 @@ func (c *Calc) Eval(line string) {
 		return
 	}
 
-	for _, item := range c.Space.Split(line, -1) {
+	items := c.Space.Split(line, -1)
+
+	for pos, item := range items {
+		if pos+1 < len(items) {
+			c.notdone = true
+		} else {
+			c.notdone = false
+		}
+
 		num, err := strconv.ParseFloat(item, 64)
 
 		if err == nil {
@@ -243,15 +263,28 @@ func (c *Calc) Eval(line string) {
 				continue
 			}
 
+			regmatches := c.Register.FindStringSubmatch(item)
+			if len(regmatches) == 3 {
+				switch regmatches[1] {
+				case ">":
+					c.PutVar(regmatches[2])
+				case "<":
+					c.GetVar(regmatches[2])
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// management commands
 			switch item {
 			case "?":
 				fallthrough
 			case "help":
 				fmt.Println(Help)
-				fmt.Println("Lua functions:")
-				for name, function := range LuaFuncs {
-					fmt.Printf("%-20s %s\n", name, function.help)
+				if len(LuaFuncs) > 0 {
+					fmt.Println("Lua functions:")
+					for name, function := range LuaFuncs {
+						fmt.Printf("%-20s %s\n", name, function.help)
+					}
 				}
 			case "dump":
 				c.stack.Dump()
@@ -291,6 +324,16 @@ func (c *Calc) Eval(line string) {
 				os.Exit(0)
 			case "manual":
 				man()
+			case "vars":
+				if len(c.Vars) > 0 {
+					fmt.Printf("%-20s     %s\n", "VARIABLE", "VALUE")
+					for k, v := range c.Vars {
+						fmt.Printf("%-20s  -> %.2f\n", k, v)
+					}
+				} else {
+					fmt.Println("no vars registered")
+				}
+
 			default:
 				fmt.Println("unknown command or operator!")
 			}
@@ -379,11 +422,16 @@ func (c *Calc) History(format string, args ...any) {
 
 // print the result
 func (c *Calc) Result() float64 {
-	if !c.stdin {
-		fmt.Print("= ")
-	}
+	// we only  print the result if it's either  a final result or
+	// (if it is intermediate) if -i has been given
+	if c.intermediate || !c.notdone {
+		// only needed in repl
+		if !c.stdin {
+			fmt.Print("= ")
+		}
 
-	fmt.Println(c.stack.Last()[0])
+		fmt.Println(c.stack.Last()[0])
+	}
 
 	return c.stack.Last()[0]
 }
@@ -400,6 +448,8 @@ func (c *Calc) luafunc(funcname string) {
 	var err error
 
 	switch c.interpreter.FuncNumArgs(funcname) {
+	case 0:
+		fallthrough
 	case 1:
 		x, err = c.interpreter.CallLuaFunc(funcname, c.stack.Last())
 	case 2:
@@ -417,7 +467,15 @@ func (c *Calc) luafunc(funcname string) {
 
 	c.stack.Backup()
 
+	dopush := true
+
 	switch c.interpreter.FuncNumArgs(funcname) {
+	case 0:
+		a := c.stack.Last()
+		if len(a) == 1 {
+			c.History("%s(%f) = %f", funcname, a, x)
+		}
+		dopush = false
 	case 1:
 		a := c.stack.Pop()
 		c.History("%s(%f) = %f", funcname, a, x)
@@ -430,7 +488,30 @@ func (c *Calc) luafunc(funcname string) {
 		c.History("%s(*) = %f", funcname, x)
 	}
 
-	c.stack.Push(x)
+	if dopush {
+		c.stack.Push(x)
+	}
 
 	c.Result()
 }
+
+func (c *Calc) PutVar(name string) {
+	last := c.stack.Last()
+
+	if len(last) == 1 {
+		c.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("register %.2f in %s", last[0], name))
+		c.Vars[name] = last[0]
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("empty stack")
+	}
+}
+
+func (c *Calc) GetVar(name string) {
+	if _, ok := c.Vars[name]; ok {
+		c.Debug(fmt.Sprintf("retrieve %.2f from %s", c.Vars[name], name))
+		c.stack.Backup()
+		c.stack.Push(c.Vars[name])
+	} else {
+		fmt.Println("variable doesn't exist")
+	}
+}

example.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+-- simple function, return the lower number of the two operands
+function lower(a,b)
+    if a < b then
+        return a
+    else
+        return b
+    end
+end
+
+-- calculate parallel resistance. Batch  function (registered with -1,
+-- see below). Takes a table as parameter.
+--
+-- Formula: 1/( (1/R1) + (1/R2) + ...)
+function parallelresistance(list)
+    sumres = 0
+    
+    for i, value in ipairs(list) do
+        sumres = sumres + 1 / value
+    end
+
+    return 1 / sumres
+end
+
+-- converter example
+function inch2centimeter(inches)
+    return inches * 2.54
+end
+
+function init()
+    -- expects 2 args
+    register("lower", 2, "lower")
+
+    -- expects a list of all numbers on the stack, batch mode
+    register("parallelresistance", -1, "parallel resistance")
+
+    -- expects 1 arg, but doesn't pop()
+    register("inch2centimeter", 0)
+end  

interpreter.go

@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Interpreter struct {
-	debug bool
+	debug  bool
+	script string
 }
 
 // LUA interpreter, instanciated in main()
@@ -42,8 +43,12 @@ type LuaFunction struct {
 // have access to the interpreter instance
 var LuaFuncs map[string]LuaFunction
 
+func NewInterpreter(script string, debug bool) *Interpreter {
+	return &Interpreter{debug: debug, script: script}
+}
+
 // initialize the lua environment properly
-func InitLua(config string, debug bool) *Interpreter {
+func (i *Interpreter) InitLua() {
 	// we only  load a subset of lua Open  modules and don't allow
 	// net, system or io stuff
 	for _, pair := range []struct {
@@ -66,7 +71,7 @@ func InitLua(config string, debug bool) *Interpreter {
 	}
 
 	// load the lua config (which we expect to contain init() and math functions)
-	if err := L.DoFile(config); err != nil {
+	if err := L.DoFile(i.script); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
 
@@ -84,8 +89,6 @@ func InitLua(config string, debug bool) *Interpreter {
 	}); err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-
-	return &Interpreter{debug: debug}
 }
 
 func (i *Interpreter) Debug(msg string) {
@@ -113,6 +116,8 @@ func (i *Interpreter) CallLuaFunc(funcname string, items []float64) (float64, er
 		funcname, LuaFuncs[funcname].numargs))
 
 	switch LuaFuncs[funcname].numargs {
+	case 0:
+		fallthrough
 	case 1:
 		// 1 arg variant
 		if err := L.CallByParam(lua.P{

main.go

@@ -30,19 +30,20 @@ import (
 	lua "github.com/yuin/gopher-lua"
 )
 
-const VERSION string = "2.0.4"
+const VERSION string = "2.0.6"
 
 const Usage string = `This is rpn, a reverse polish notation calculator cli.
 
 Usage: rpn [-bdvh] [<operator>]
 
 Options:
-  -b, --batchmode   enable batch mode
-  -d, --debug       enable debug mode
-  -s, --stack       show last 5 items of the stack (off by default)
-  -m, --manual      show manual
-  -v, --version     show version
-  -h, --help        show help
+  -b, --batchmode     enable batch mode
+  -d, --debug         enable debug mode
+  -s, --stack         show last 5 items of the stack (off by default)
+  -i  --intermediate  print intermediate results
+  -m, --manual        show manual
+  -v, --version       show version
+  -h, --help          show help
 
 When <operator>  is given, batch  mode ist automatically  enabled. Use
 this only when working with stdin. E.g.: echo "2 3 4 5" | rpn +
@@ -59,7 +60,9 @@ func main() {
 	configfile := ""
 
 	flag.BoolVarP(&calc.batch, "batchmode", "b", false, "batch mode")
-	flag.BoolVarP(&calc.showstack, "showstack", "s", false, "show stack")
+	flag.BoolVarP(&calc.showstack, "show-stack", "s", false, "show stack")
+	flag.BoolVarP(&calc.intermediate, "showin-termediate", "i", false,
+		"show intermediate results")
 	flag.BoolVarP(&enabledebug, "debug", "d", false, "debug mode")
 	flag.BoolVarP(&showversion, "version", "v", false, "show version")
 	flag.BoolVarP(&showhelp, "help", "h", false, "show usage")
@@ -95,8 +98,9 @@ func main() {
 	// our config file is interpreted  as lua code, only functions can
 	// be defined, init() will be called by InitLua().
 	if _, err := os.Stat(configfile); err == nil {
-		I := InitLua(configfile, enabledebug)
-		calc.SetInt(I)
+		luarunner := NewInterpreter(configfile, enabledebug)
+		luarunner.InitLua()
+		calc.SetInt(luarunner)
 	}
 
 	if len(flag.Args()) > 1 {

rpn.go

@@ -2,16 +2,19 @@ package main
 
 var manpage = `
 NAME
-    rpn - Reverse Polish Notation Calculator for the commandline
+    rpn - Programmable command-line calculator using reverse polish notation
 
 SYNOPSIS
         Usage: rpn [-bdvh] [<operator>]
     
         Options:
-          -b, --batchmode   enable batch mode
-          -d, --debug       enable debug mode
-          -v, --version     show version
-          -h, --help        show help
+          -b, --batchmode     enable batch mode
+          -d, --debug         enable debug mode
+          -s, --stack         show last 5 items of the stack (off by default)
+          -i  --intermediate  print intermediate results
+          -m, --manual        show manual
+          -v, --version       show version
+          -h, --help          show help
     
         When <operator>  is given, batch  mode ist automatically  enabled. Use
         this only when working with stdin. E.g.: echo "2 3 4 5" | rpn +
@@ -161,6 +164,11 @@ DESCRIPTION
         help|?               show this message
         quit|exit|c-d|c-c    exit program
 
+    Register variables:
+
+        >NAME                Put last stack element into variable NAME
+        <NAME                Retrieve variable NAME and put onto stack
+
     Refer to https://pkg.go.dev/math for details about those functions.
 
 INTERACTIVE REPL
@@ -193,6 +201,23 @@ INTERACTIVE REPL
     ctrl-r
         Search through history.
 
+COMMENTS
+    Lines starting with "#" are being ignored as comments. You can also
+    append comments to rpn input, e.g.:
+
+       # a comment
+       123   # another comment
+
+    In this case only 123 will be added to the stack.
+
+VARIABLES
+    You can register the last item of the stack into a variable. Variable
+    names must be all caps. Use the ">NAME" command to put a value into
+    variable "NAME". Use "<NAME" to retrieve the value of variable "NAME"
+    and put it onto the stack.
+
+    The command vars can be used to get a list of all variables.
+
 EXTENDING RPN USING LUA
     You can use a lua script with lua functions to extend the calculator. By
     default the tool looks for "~/.rpn.lua". You can also specify a script
@@ -219,8 +244,13 @@ EXTENDING RPN USING LUA
 
     *   function name
 
-    *   number of arguments expected (1,2 or -1 allowed), -1 means batch
-        mode.
+    *   number of arguments expected (see below)
+
+        Number of expected arguments can be:
+
+            - 0: expect 1 argument but do NOT modify the stack
+            - 1-n: do a singular calculation
+            - -1: batch mode work with all numbers on the stack
 
     *   help text
 

rpn.pod

@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 =head1 NAME 
 
-rpn - Reverse Polish Notation Calculator for the commandline
+rpn - Programmable command-line calculator using reverse polish notation
 
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
     Usage: rpn [-bdvh] [<operator>]
     
     Options:
-      -b, --batchmode   enable batch mode
-      -d, --debug       enable debug mode
-      -v, --version     show version
-      -h, --help        show help
+      -b, --batchmode     enable batch mode
+      -d, --debug         enable debug mode
+      -s, --stack         show last 5 items of the stack (off by default)
+      -i  --intermediate  print intermediate results
+      -m, --manual        show manual
+      -v, --version       show version
+      -h, --help          show help
     
     When <operator>  is given, batch  mode ist automatically  enabled. Use
     this only when working with stdin. E.g.: echo "2 3 4 5" | rpn +
@@ -169,6 +172,11 @@ Commands:
     quit|exit|c-d|c-c    exit program
 
 
+Register variables:
+
+    >NAME                Put last stack element into variable NAME
+    <NAME                Retrieve variable NAME and put onto stack
+
 Refer to https://pkg.go.dev/math for details about those functions.
 
 =head1 INTERACTIVE REPL
@@ -223,6 +231,15 @@ append comments to rpn input, e.g.:
 
 In this case only 123 will be added to the stack.
 
+=head1 VARIABLES
+
+You can register the last item  of the stack into a variable. Variable
+names must be  all caps. Use the  ">NAME" command to put  a value into
+variable "NAME". Use "<NAME" to  retrieve the value of variable "NAME"
+and put it onto the stack.
+
+The command B<vars> can be used to get a list of all variables.
+
 =head1 EXTENDING RPN USING LUA
 
 You can use a lua script with lua functions to extend the
@@ -256,8 +273,13 @@ function name
 
 =item *
 
-number of arguments expected (1,2 or -1 allowed), -1 means batch
-mode.
+number of arguments expected (see below)
+
+Number of expected arguments can be:
+
+    - 0: expect 1 argument but do NOT modify the stack
+    - 1-n: do a singular calculation
+    - -1: batch mode work with all numbers on the stack 
 
 =item *
 

test.lua

@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-function add(a,b)
-  return a + b
-end
-
-function test(a)
-  return a
-end  
-
-function parallelresistance(a,b)
-  return 1.0 / (a * b)
-end
-
-function init()
-  register("add", 2, "addition")
-  register("test", 1, "test")
-  register("parallelresistance", 2, "parallel resistance")
-end