Re: Using `eval-expression' for math

["Lennart Borgman (gmail)" <lennart.borgman@gmail.com>]

reader@newsguy.com wrote:
> Can someone show me how to do math with the eval-expression tool?
> 
> (+ 2 2) and such simple problems I can do of course but when it comes
> to combining things like:
> 
> 52 * 32 / 12
> 
>   Trying (* 52 32 ( / 12)) 
> 
> or
>         (/  12 ( * 52 32 ))
> 
> Goes nowhere fast, and from there I can't really imagine how else to
> arrange the parens.

Just think "inner first" and watch for the argument order of course:

   (/ (* 52 32) 12)