SE4 Scripting in Python (templatizer again)

Ed Kolis · #1 July 14th, 2004, 06:13 PM

Negating a number means turning 5 into -5, or -3 into 3, or whatever - basically subtracting it from zero.

narf poit chez BOOM · #2 July 14th, 2004, 09:14 PM

Negate: 1. To render ineffective or void; nullify. 2. To deny; contradict; rule out.

Well, I suppose it fits under contradict.

Fyron · #3 July 14th, 2004, 10:03 PM

The negative of a number nullifies it. To negate a number, to nullify it. The null number is 0.

[ July 14, 2004, 21:05: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

narf poit chez BOOM · #4 July 15th, 2004, 01:51 AM

True, but the described operation is 0 - n, where n is the number. The operation you describe is n + (0 - n).

Kamog · #5 July 15th, 2004, 02:18 AM

This works too. How about the operation -1*n where n is the number

Ed Kolis · #6 July 17th, 2004, 02:25 AM

Time for a progress report!

The calculator part of the application is coming along great; currently, it can negate, add, subtract, multiply, divide, exponentiate, and take modulos, exponents, percentages, and factorials!

What's left to do:
-Add in variables
-Add in mathematical functions (sin, log, sqrt, and stuff like that)
-Add in user defined functions (if I can - Fyron wants 'em and it shouldn't be TOO hard, just string replacement

)
-Add in functions that return strings, not just numbers (if I can - would be useful for generating Roman numerals for components)
-Finally, write the application that parses the SE4 data file templates and generates the actual data files!

Ed Kolis · #7 July 19th, 2004, 03:30 AM

Oops, forgot to mention that I needed to add parentheses... Well, I just finished adding those!

BTW, will anyone be needing functions that take multiple parameters? I could easily implement single-parameter functions as unary operators and not write proper functions, and that would save me a bit of time with the parsing of parameters, but if you really want them...