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Postfix++ is a stack-based computer language directed at the evaluation of arithmetic expressions. You will implement a Postfix++ interpreter that can evaluate Postfix++ code line-byline, as entered, for example, on a mobile device.
Postfix arithmetic
Operators, in postfix arithmetical expressions, follow operands. For example, 34+ means 3+4. The postfix expression 345+?** is evaluated as follows:
345+?**
39**(replace 45+ with the result of adding 4 to 5)
27(replace 39** with 27)
Postfix expressions are conveniently evaluated using a stack. An expression consisting of operands and operators (collectively, 'tokens'), is read from left to right. Successive operands are pushed on a stack until an operator arrives. The appropriate number of operands are then popped from the stack, combined with the operator, and the result is pushed back on the stack. The result of a calculation is always to be found at the top of the stack. A stack is notated [a b c...] in the following example; the stack top is the leftmost token.
\table[[Tokens,Stack before,Action,Stack after],[345+**,[],Read 3,[3]],[45+?**,[3],Read 4,[lll 43],[5+?**,[lll],Read 5,],[+?**,,\table[[Pop twice, evaluate, and],[push]],[lll]],[*,,\table[[Pop two twice, evaluate,],[and push]],[27]]]
Postfix with variables
The '++' refers to an enhanced form of postfix: a postfix with variables. Expressions can contain variable names; the value of the variable is used for the calculation. The assignment operator ?'=?' assigns a value to a variable. For example
A3=
will set the value of A to 3. It is equivalent to the infix assignment statement A=3 that is to be found in many computer languages.
\table[[Tokens,Stack before,Action,Stack after],[A3=,[,Read A,A
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