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[Cranium]

After much trial and error, and some useful help from the Ask A Pro section, I have finally finished my Advanced Calculator.
It utilizes almost every function within the Lua math library, and can calculate quite accurately.

Features:

• Easy to use GUI, with mouse support and number pad support.
  
• Large print display.
  
• Error handling - Almost completely idiot proof. You won't be able to break the program that easily.

Screenshots:



Download:

http://pastebin.com/nAinUn1h

Bugs:

• Cannot calculate infinity. Doing so causes an attempt to get length of nil error. YOu can't get the length of an infinite number. I have fixed this error. You can now calculate infinite numbers, as well as divide by 0.
  
• Error is generated in calculating large numbers. When multiplying huge numbers, I cannot get the length of a non-terminating decimal number.

Let me know of any bugs you find, as I want this to become the number one calculator through ComputerCraft.

Edited by Cranium, 28 December 2012 - 05:23 AM.

[NDFJay]

Not going to lie, that is pretty damn sexy! but it cant divide by zero...

[Cranium]

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 09:06 AM, said:

Not going to lie, that is pretty damn sexy! but it cant divide by zero...

Wow.... You instantly tried to divide by zero, and broke my calculator... You have mastered the art of destruction.

[NDFJay]

Cranium, on 21 December 2012 - 09:18 AM, said:

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 09:06 AM, said:

Not going to lie, that is pretty damn sexy! but it cant divide by zero...

Wow.... You instantly tried to divide by zero, and broke my calculator... You have mastered the art of destruction.

what can I say, I'm on a mission to destroy the world as we know it through the course of division by zero that and pi

[Cranium]

NDFJay, on 21 December 2012 - 09:25 AM, said:

what can I say, I'm on a mission to destroy the world as we know it through the course of division by zero that and pi

Well, I can confidently say that Pi does calculate on this program.

[anonimo182]

Multiply 9999999999 by 9999999, broke it

Press random buttons, broke it (Well, every thing turned red)

Make a really long operation, it gets of screen

[NDFJay]

yes it does even if by is an infinite variable

[Orwell]

I love it.

[Cranium]

You guys are just finding ways to calculate infinity......
Lua hates infinity.

[NDFJay]

Lua shouldnt be so finite then

[Cranium]

I have fixed the divide by zero error.

[PixelToast]

needs
tan
atan
atan2
acos
asin
an ON button
easter eggs
:3

[anonimo182]

Cranium, on 21 December 2012 - 10:38 AM, said:

I have fixed the divide by zero error.

Still, error with LARGE numbers

[Cranium]

PixelToast, on 21 December 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

needs
tan
atan
atan2
acos
asin
an ON button
easter eggs
:3

It does have tan, atan, acos, and asin. I could not figure a way to add atan2 though. It would return the same thing, so I did not need to add it.

anonimo182, on 21 December 2012 - 10:44 AM, said:

Still, error with LARGE numbers

I did note that huge numbers cannot be calculated. It is an error trying to get the length of a non-terminating decimal.

[AndreWalia]

Very cool! I have made something somewhat like this. Was planning to release it, but you are too much competition

[Zaggy1024]

Shouldn't the non-zero numbers be reversed vertically? That's what I'd expect a calculator to be like normally...

[rhyleymaster]

I use this in science class now.

[rhyleymaster]

also, change your pi to : http://pastebin.com/nax2n6sZ
put into pastebin cause its 100,000 digits kindly generated by my computer. (took a long time. I realized i could just google it...)

[rhyleymaster]

Also, dividing by zero dosen't give you 0. It gives you 0 repeating because you cannot divide something by nothing. (indefinite is what you gets)

[Orwell]

rhyleymaster, on 21 December 2012 - 09:34 PM, said:

Also, dividing by zero dosen't give you 0. It gives you 0 repeating because you cannot divide something by nothing. (indefinite is what you gets)

Who said it did give zero? Also, indefinite (or nan - not a number - in Lua) is what you should get, but inf is what you get in Lua [Limit(1/0)].