How to convert CDEF function to formula.

[bikemania]

Example of cdef function is below.

cdef=a,c,/,b,c,/,b,c,/,*,-,SQRT

[TheWitness]

First of all, you have to be old enough to know RPN. If you are an engineer, and you used either an HP 11-C or HP 15-C calculator, then you would not be asking that question. Think of an RPN as a first in last out queue. So, to do math, you stack the queue, and then unstack it from the left. So, one good example is:

a,b,*

This would equate to:

result = a * b;

The result is thrown back on the stack. How about this one:

a,b,*,20,/

This would equate to:

result = (a * b ) /20

When there are no more expressions to process, the stack size MUST be 1, if it's one, or if during some calculation there are insufficient elements on the stack, you would get an error. In your case:

a,c,/,b,c,/,b,c,/,*,-,SQRT

result = ( ( ( ( ( a / c ) / b ) / c ) * b ) - c) ^^ 0.5

Which if you ask me, is horribly written. Better to do:

a,c,/,b,/,c,/,b,*,c,-,SQRT

That way you are always dealing with no more than 2 elements on the stack. Easier for old guys like me to read it that way.

Good luck.