binc

Fast and intuitive command line calculator in C++. (pronounced "bink")
Offers bitwise operators and multiple (hex, oct, dec) input and display modes.
Especially useful for practicing boolean algebra and bit manipulation.

Online console

Get started

1. clone anywhere git clone https://github.com/LemonPi/binc.git
2. open command line in directory
3. make (for windows users, a Cygwin binary exists under bin/)
4. (recommended) either put binc or a symlink of it in your system path

Usage

You can use binc in shell mode or pipe mode.

Shell mode

cmd> binc
> my_var = 19
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0011 (19)
> my_var << 1
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 0110 (38)
> \a
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0001 (97)
> @+3
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 (100)
> hex
> @
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 (64)
> terse
> @
64
> hist
19
97
100
> sin(pi); cos(pi)
0
-1
> ln 5
1.60944
> exit

Pipe mode

cmd> binc "1 + 2 * 3; @ / 2"
7
3.5

cmd> binc < math_file
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0011 0110 (54)
> 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 1100 (108)

cmd> cat math_file
2 + 52
@ * 2

The output terminates with a newline.

Operators

• * / + - % basic arithmetic
• >> << bit shifts
• & | ^ ~ binary logic (^ is XOR, ~ is NOT)
• ** ! exponent and factorial
• @ retrieves last value, @@ retrieves value 2 values up (not including previous @s)

Functions

There are functions that take a single value and return a value (standard math functions) and functions that modify binc's state. The code in core/lookup.cpp is more up to date than this readme.

Math functions

These functions take 1 argument and return 1 value (f: R x R -> R)

abs
ceil
floor
trunc
round

cos
sin
tan
acos
asin
atan
cosh
sinh
tanh
acosh
asinh
atanh

ln     // base e
log
lg     // base 2
exp
exp2

sqrt
cbrt

Modifiers

These functions take no argument and adjust the state of binc, their effects lasting until another modifier in their group gets called.

exit
quit   // same as exit

// change output mode (input is dependent on prefix: 0x = hex, b = binary, 0 = oct, else = dec)
hex
oct
dec

// whether to print bits
terse
verbose

// whether to have > prompt
prompt
noprompt

// list history
hist
history

// list functions and modifiers
funcs
unary
unaries
print_unaries

modifier
modifiers
print_modifiers

Why binc?

• no 3rd party dependencies
• input and output in binary, hex, and oct
• bit display in verbose mode (no other calculator has this out of the box)
• change display to hex and oct with a single command
• instantaneous load (take that Google and Python)
• can feed pipes and files to

Detailed Usage

Input

Input can be in decimal, binary, octal, or hexadecimal:

> x = 100
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 (100)
> x = b100
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 (4)
> x = 0100
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0100 0000 (64)
> x = 0x100
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000 (256)

Output

Similarly, output can be in dec, bin, oct, or hex:

> x = 100
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 (100)
> hex
> x
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 (64)
> oct
> x
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 (144)
> terse
> x
144
> verbose
> x
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0100 (144)

Character literals

Instead of treating the character as a variable, take the ASCII value of it

> a
error: a not found
> \a
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0001 (141)

History

... some commands
> hist
100
1
2
98
97
97
> @
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0001 (97)
> @@@
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0110 0010 (98)
> @@@@
0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0010 (2)

Note that querying for previous commands doesn't add to the history.

Tips

• requires C++11 (makefile builds with g++ by default)
• exit by exit, quit, or Ctrl + C
• order of operation: parentheses --> binary ops --> * / --> + -