I am currently working with Reverse Polish Notation. I have able to perform all operation in exception of exponential math. I am aware that C# sharps performs exponential math with Math.Pow
but using that in my code is giving me an error 'System.Collections.Generic.Stack<T>.Push(T)' is a 'method', which is not valid in the given context
. You can find the specific issue in the last if else
statement. Any idea how I can properly correct or create a way to perform exponential math?
Code
private string inputValue = "";
private void RPNCalc(string rpnValue)
{
Stack<int> stackCreated = new Stack<int>();
stackCreated.Clear();
string[] inputArray = rpnValue.Split();
int end = inputArray.Length - 1;
int numInput;
int i = 0;
do
{
if ("=+-*/%^".IndexOf(inputArray[i]) == -1)
{
try
{
numInput = Convert.ToInt32(inputArray[i]);
stackCreated.Push(numInput);
}
catch
{
MessageBox.Show("Please check the input");
}
}
else if (inputArray[i]== "+")
{
try
{
int store1 = stackCreated.Pop();
int store2 = stackCreated.Pop();
stackCreated.Push(store2 + store1);
}
catch
{
}
}
else if (inputArray[i]== "-")
{
try
{
int store1 = stackCreated.Pop();
int store2 = stackCreated.Pop();
stackCreated.Push(store2 - store1);
}
catch
{
}
}
else if (inputArray[i]== "%")
{
try
{
int store1 = stackCreated.Pop();
int store2 = stackCreated.Pop();
stackCreated.Push(store2 % store1);
}
catch
{
}
}
else if (inputArray[i]== "*")
{
try
{
int store1 = stackCreated.Pop();
int store2 = stackCreated.Pop();
stackCreated.Push(store2 * store1);
}
catch
{
}
}
else if (inputArray[i]== "/")
{
try
{
int store1 = stackCreated.Pop();
int store2 = stackCreated.Pop();
stackCreated.Push(store2 / store1);
}
catch
{
}
}
else if (inputArray[i] == "^")
{
try
{
int store1 = stackCreated.Pop();
int store2 = stackCreated.Pop();
stackCreated.Push.Math.Pow(store1, store2);
}
catch
{
}
}
}
while(i++ < end && inputArray[i]!= "=" && stackCreated.Count != 0);
string result = inputValue + " " + stackCreated.Pop().ToString() + Environment.NewLine;
TxtOutputBox.AppendText(result);
TxtInputBox.Clear();
}
Should be:
stackCreated.Push((int)Math.Pow(store1, store2));
This will perform the power operation, and then push the result onto the stack.
Its like doing:
int tmp = (int)Math.Pow(store1, store2);
stackCreated.Push(tmp);
Also note that Math.Pow
works on double
s. Your ints (store1
and store2
) will be automatically converted up to a double
, but you need to tell the compiler to cast the result back down to an int
.