bug#37235: 26.1; Precedence error in calc-eval

bug#37235: 26.1; Precedence error in calc-eval

[Charles Karney via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors]

In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.23.2)
  of 2018-08-13 built on buildvm-13.phx2.fedoraproject.org
Windowing system distributor 'Fedora Project', version 11.0.12004000
System Description:	Fedora release 29 (Twenty Nine)

The precedence of calc-eval doesn't follow C-like rules.

   (calc-eval "1/2*3") returns "0.166666666667"

returning the same answer as (calc-eval "1/2/3").  It should return
"1.5".

Configured using:
  'configure --build=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu
  --host=x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu --program-prefix=
  --disable-dependency-tracking --prefix=/usr --exec-prefix=/usr
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  --with-gpm=no --with-xwidgets --with-modules
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  'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Werror=format-security
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Configured features:
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TOOLKIT_SCROLL_BARS GTK3 X11 MODULES THREADS XWIDGETS LCMS2

Important settings:
   value of $LC_COLLATE: C
   value of $LC_TIME: C
   value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
   value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=none
   locale-coding-system: utf-8-unix

Major mode: Fundamental

Minor modes in effect:
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   tooltip-mode: t
   global-eldoc-mode: t
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Load-path shadows:
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.d/maxima-modes hides 
/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp/maxima/site_start.d/maxima-modes

Features:
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Memory information:
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-- 
Charles Karney <charles@karney.com>
Princeton, NJ 08540, USA
https://www.petrel.org

bug#37235: 26.1; Precedence error in calc-eval

[Mauro Aranda]

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tags 37235 notabug
quit

Charles Karney via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.23.2)
>   of 2018-08-13 built on buildvm-13.phx2.fedoraproject.org
> Windowing system distributor 'Fedora Project', version 11.0.12004000
> System Description: Fedora release 29 (Twenty Nine)
>
> The precedence of calc-eval doesn't follow C-like rules.
>
>    (calc-eval "1/2*3") returns "0.166666666667"
>
> returning the same answer as (calc-eval "1/2/3").  It should return
> "1.5".
>

It works as documented in the Calc manual, section 5.15 Formulas:
C-h i m calc RET 5 m formulas RET

Calc gives '/' lower precedence than '*' by default.

To make Calc follow C-like rules, you can set it with the command
calc-c-language.  You can read its documentation with:
C-h i m calc RET i calc-c-language


Best regards,
Mauro.

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bug#37235: 26.1; Precedence error in calc-eval

[Noam Postavsky]

Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> The precedence of calc-eval doesn't follow C-like rules.
>>
>>    (calc-eval "1/2*3") returns "0.166666666667"
>>
>> returning the same answer as (calc-eval "1/2/3").  It should return
>> "1.5".
>>
>
> It works as documented in the Calc manual, section 5.15 Formulas:
> C-h i m calc RET 5 m formulas RET
>
> Calc gives '/' lower precedence than '*' by default.

Also see (info "(calc) Basic Arithmetic"),

> To make Calc follow C-like rules, you can set it with the command
> calc-c-language.  You can read its documentation with:
> C-h i m calc RET i calc-c-language

which mentions calc-multiplication-has-precedence.

bug#37235: 26.1; Precedence error in calc-eval

[Stefan Kangas]

Mauro Aranda <maurooaranda@gmail.com> writes:
>
> tags 37235 notabug
> quit
>
> Charles Karney via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of
> text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
>
> > In GNU Emacs 26.1 (build 1, x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.23.2)
> >   of 2018-08-13 built on buildvm-13.phx2.fedoraproject.org
> > Windowing system distributor 'Fedora Project', version 11.0.12004000
> > System Description: Fedora release 29 (Twenty Nine)
> >
> > The precedence of calc-eval doesn't follow C-like rules.
> >
> >    (calc-eval "1/2*3") returns "0.166666666667"
> >
> > returning the same answer as (calc-eval "1/2/3").  It should return
> > "1.5".
> >
>
> It works as documented in the Calc manual, section 5.15 Formulas:
> C-h i m calc RET 5 m formulas RET
>
> Calc gives '/' lower precedence than '*' by default.
>
> To make Calc follow C-like rules, you can set it with the command
> calc-c-language.  You can read its documentation with:
> C-h i m calc RET i calc-c-language

Since this is notabug, I'm also closing it.

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas

bug#37235: 26.1; Precedence error in calc-eval

[Andreas Schwab]

On Aug 30 2019, Charles Karney via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

> The precedence of calc-eval doesn't follow C-like rules.
>
>    (calc-eval "1/2*3") returns "0.166666666667"
>
> returning the same answer as (calc-eval "1/2/3").  It should return
> "1.5".

It is documented that multiplication has higher precedence than
devision (see (calc) Formulas).  Calc is following the rules of
Algebra.

Andreas.

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