kalc

history file is stored in config_dir/kalc/kalc.history

config file is stored in config_dir/kalc/kalc.config example in repo

you can set permanent variables and functions in the file config_dir/kalc/kalc.vars example in repo, also contains more advanced example usage, suggested not to use entire kalc.vars example on lower end systems as it may cause lag

config defaults listed in kalc.config

install instructions

linux

use aur or run cargo install kalc

windows

download kalc.exe from https://github.com/bgkillas/kalc/releases/latest

needs a modern terminal like 'windows terminal' or alacritty, alacritty has better latency seemingly

for graphing install gnuplot via winget or sourceforge

kalc.exe may have to be next to gnuplot.exe for graphing, gnuplot.exe is located in C:\Program Files\gnuplot\bin\

macos

install developer tools via xcode-select --install

cargo install kalc

install gnuplot via brew install gnuplot

may need to run kalc from kalc 2> /dev/null for gnuplot not to output error messages

build instructions

linux

dependencys are: rust>=1.73.0, diffutils, gcc, m4, make

git clone https://github.com/bgkillas/kalc
cd kalc
cargo build --release
./target/release/kalc

windows

have cargo and the toolchain stable-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu installed

as per gmp-mpfr-sys

install MSYS2 using the installer

launch MSYS2 MinGW and run

pacman -Syu pacman-mirrors
pacman -S git diffutils m4 make mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc
git clone https://github.com/bgkillas/kalc
cd kalc
mkdir /mnt
mount C: /mnt

if cargo is locally installed

/mnt/Users/$USER/.cargo/bin/cargo build --release
./target/release/kalc.exe

if cargo is globally installed

cargo build --release
./target/release/kalc.exe

then move kalc.exe wherever you want in /mnt (your C drive)

macos

as per gmp-mpfr-sys

assure the path upto your build path contains no spaces

install developer tools via xcode-select --install

git clone https://github.com/bgkillas/kalc
cd kalc
cargo build --release
./target/release/kalc

usage

Usage: kalc [FLAGS] equation_1 equation_2 equation_3...
FLAGS: --help (this message)
--help {thing} to get more detail on a function/option/feature, --help help to list all "things"
--interactive/-i allows interaction after finishing the equations given
--units toggles units
--notation=e/E/s/n defines what kind of notation you should use,(e) 3e2,(E) 3E2,(s) 3*10^2,(n) 300
--graph=normal/depth/flat/none changes how a function is graphed
--label=[x],[y],[z] sets the labels for the graphs x/y/z axis
--angle=deg/rad/grad sets your angletype
--2d=[num] number of points to graph in 2D
--3d=[x],[y] number of points to graph in 3D
--xr=[min],[max] x range for graphing
--yr=[min],[max] y range for graphing
--zr=[min],[max] z range for graphing
--range=[num] sets all ranges to [-num],[num]
--vxr=[min],[max] x range for graphing, graph view override, useful for parametric
--vyr=[min],[max] y range for graphing, graph view override, useful for parametric
--vzr=[min],[max] z range for graphing, graph view override, useful for parametric
--vrange=[num] sets all ranges to [-num],[num], graph view override, useful for parametric
--point [char] point style for graphing
--base=[input],[output] sets the numbers base from 2 to 36
--ticks=[num] sets amount of ticks, -2 will be auto, -1 will be at every whole number, 0 will be none
--onaxis toggles showing the ticks on the x/y/z axis on by default for 2d, off by default for 3d
--prompt toggles the prompt
--color toggles color output, toggled by default when running from arguments
--comma toggles comma seperation
--graph toggles graphing
--vars disables default variables and kalc.vars
--default sets to default settings and ignores kalc.vars
--line toggles line graphing
--rt toggles real time printing
--polar toggles displaying polar vectors
--frac toggles fraction display
--prec=[num] sets the output precision(default 512)
--graphprec=[num] sets the graph precision(default 64)
--deci=[num] sets how many decimals to display, -1 for length of terminal, -2 for maximum decimal places, may need to up precision for more decimals
--multi toggles multi line display for matrixes
--tabbed toggles tabbed display for matrixes
--surface displays a colored surface(based on z value) for 3d graphing, only supports 1 graph
--scalegraph scales the y part of a 2d graph to the users screen size, setting --windowsize=x,y makes the ratio more accurate
--saveto=[file] saves the graph as a png to the given file, --windowsize=x,y for resolution
--siunits toggles keeping stuff in si units, a newton will show as 'm s^-2 kg' instead of 'N'

- flags can be executed in runtime just without the dashes
- "colors=" to see color settings
- "exit" to exit the program
- "clear" to clear the screen
- "history [arg]" to see the history, arg searches for the arg it if specified
- "vars" to list all variables
- "option/var;function" to set a temporal option/var, example: "a=45;angle=deg;sin(a)" = sqrt(2)/2
- "f(x)=var:function" to set a temporal var when defining function, example: "f(x)=a=2:ax" = f(x)=2x
- "_" to use the previous answer
- "a={expr}" to define a variable
- "f(x)=..." to define a function
- "f(x,y,z...)=..." to define a multi variable function
- "...=" display parsed input, show values of stuff like xr/deci/prec etc
- "f...=null" to delete a function or variable
- "{x,y,z...}" to define a cartesian vector
- "[radius,theta,phi]" to define a polar vector (same as car{vec})
- "f(x)#g(x)" to graph multiple things
- "{vec}#" to graph a vector
- "{mat}#" to graph a matrix
- "number#" to graph a complex number
- "[f(x),x]" to graph a polar graph of f(x)
- "{x,y}" to graph a parametric equation, example: {cos(x),sin(x)} unit circle, {f(x)cos(x),f(x)sin(x)} for polar graph
- "{x,y,z}" to graph a parametric equation in 3d, example: {cos(x),sin(x),x} helix, {sin(x)cos(y),sin(x)sin(y),cos(x)} sphere
- "{{a,b,c},{d,e,f},{g,h,i}}" to define a 3x3 matrix
- "rnd" to generate a random number
- "epoch" to get time in seconds since unix epoch
- Alt+Enter will not graph whatever is present
- "help {thing}" to get more detail on a function/option/feature
- "help help" to list all things to query

Order of Operations:
- user defined functions
- functions, !x, x!, x!!, |x|
- % (modulus), .. (a..b creates lists of integers from a to b)
- ^/** (exponentiation), // (a//b is a root b), ^^ (tetration), computed from right to left
- × internal multiplication for units and negitive signs
- * (multiplication), / (division)
- + (addition), - (subtraction), +-/± (creates a list of the calculation if plus and the calculation if minus)
- to/-> (unit conversions, ie 2m->yd=2.2, leaves unitless if perfect conversion)
- < (lt), <= (le), > (gt), >= (ge), == (eq), != (!eq), >> (a>>b shifts b bits right), << (a<<b shifts b bits left)
- && (a&&b outputs 1 if both a and b are 1), || (a||b outputs 1 if either a or b are 1)

Functions:
- sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, atan(x,y)
- csc, sec, cot, acsc, asec, acot
- sinh, cosh, tanh, asinh, acosh, atanh
- csch, sech, coth, acsch, asech, acoth
- sqrt, cbrt, square, cube, quadratic(a,b,c), cubic(a,b,c,d), quartic(a,b,c,d,e) (finds the zeros for the given polynomial, you can add a '1' to the args to only find real roots)
- ln, log(base,num), W(k,z) (product log, branch k, defaults to k=0)
- root(base,exp), sum(var,func,start,end), prod(var,func,start,end)
- abs, sgn, arg
- ceil, floor, round, int, frac
- fact, doublefact, subfact
- sinc, cis, exp
- zeta, eta, gamma, beta, erf, erfc, digamma, ai, multinomial, binomial/bi/C(n,r), P(n,r), pochhammer(x,n)
- re, im, split(x+yi), next(n,to)
- unity(n,k) gets all solutions for x in x^k=n
- factors, prime, isprime, gcd, lcm
- slog(a,b), ssrt(k,a) (k is lambert w branch)
- piecewise/pw({value,cond},{value2,cond2}...) (when first condition is met from left to right. value elsewards is nan)
- vec(var,func,start,end) mat(var,func,start,end) (makes a vector/matrix) start..end is a shortcut to vec(n,n,start,end)
- tofreq{a,b,c...}, tolist{{a,b},{c,d}...}, tolist{a,b,c} (sorts and counts how many time each number occurs, tolist takes that kind of data and reverses it)
- variance/var, standarddeviation/σ (sample-bias corrected)
- percentile({vec},nth) (gets number at nth percentile), percentilerank({vec},x) (gets percentile rank for x point), quartiles{vec} (gets quartiles for data set)
- normP(μ,σ,x) (normal distribution pdf) normD(z)/normD(x,μ,σ) (area under curve to the left of z score cdf)
- betaP(α,β,x) (beta distribution pdf) I(x,a,b) (regularized incomplete beta function, or beta distributions cdf)
- roll{a,b,c...} rolls die, dice{a,b,c...} gets the frequency data any amount of different sided die, where a/b/c are number of faces for each die, both also accept {{first_dice_face,# of die},{second_dice_face,# of die}...}
- weighted{{a,n1},{b,n2}..} rolls a weighted die where a and b are face values and n1 and n2 are their weights
- An(n,k), Ap(n,t) eulerian numbers and polynomials
- lim(x,f(x),point (,side)) both sides are checked by default, -1 for left, 1 for right
- slope(x,f(x),point (,nth derivitive) (,0) ), can add a 0 to the args to not combine the x and y slopes for parametric equations, same for area
- area(x,f(x),from,to (,0) ), length(x,f(x),from,to)
- solve(x,f(x) (,point)) employs newtons method to find the root of a function at a starting point, assumes 0 if no point given, outputs Nan if newton method fails
- iter(x,f(x),p,n), f(x) iterated n times at point p, add ",1" to args to show steps

Vector functions:
- dot({vec1},{vec2}), cross({vec1},{vec2}), proj/project({vec1},{vec2})
- angle({vec1},{vec2})
- norm, normalize
- abs, len, any, all
- max, min, mean, median, mode, sort
- reverse, link
- part({vec},col), sum, prod
- pol{vec} outputs (radius, theta, phi)
- car{vec} outputs (x, y, z)
- other functions are applied like sqrt{2,4}={sqrt(2),sqrt(4)}

Matrix functions:
- eigenvalues, eigenvectors
- trace/tr, determinant/det, inverse/inv
- transpose/trans, adjugate/adj, cofactor/cof, minor
- part({mat},col,row), flatten, sum, prod
- abs, norm
- len, wid
- max, min, mean, mode
- iden(n) produces an n dimension identity matrix
- rotate(theta), rotate(yaw,pitch,roll) produces a rotational matrix
- sort(mat) sorts rows by first column
- interpolate(mat,x) using lagrange interpolation interpolates a 2xN matrix along x, matrix should be organized like {{x0,y0},{x1,y1} ... {xN,yN}}
- other functions are applied like sqrt{{2,4},{5,6}}={{sqrt(2),sqrt(4)},{sqrt(5),sqrt(6)}}

Constants:
- c: speed of light, 299792458 m/s
- gravity: gravity, 9.80665 m/s^2
- G: gravitational constant, 6.67430E-11 m^3/(kg*s^2)
- planck: planck's constant, 6.62607015E-34 J*s
- eV: electron volt, 1.602176634E-19 J
- eC: elementary charge, 1.602176634E-19 C
- eM: electron mass, 9.1093837015E-31 kg
- pM: proton mass, 1.67262192369E-27 kg
- nM: neutron mass, 1.67492749804E-27 kg
- ke: coulomb's constant, 8.9875517923E9 N*m^2/C^2
- Na: avogadro's number, 6.02214076E23 1/mol
- R: gas constant, 8.31446261815324 J/(mol*K)
- boltzmann: boltzmann constant, 1.380649E-23 J/K
- phi/φ: golden ratio, 1.6180339887~
- e: euler's number, 2.7182818284~
- pi/π: pi, 3.1415926535~
- tau/τ: tau, 6.2831853071~

Units:
supports metric and binary prefixes
ignores "s" at the end to allow "meters" and stuff
"units" function will extract the units of a number for == checks and stuff
the following units are supported
"m" | "meter"
"s" | "second"
"A" | "ampere"
"K" | "kelvin"
"mol" | "mole"
"cd" | "candela"
"g" | "gram"
"J" | "joule"
"mph"
"mi" | "mile"
"yd" | "yard"
"ft" | "foot"
"in" | "inch"
"lb" | "pound"
"L" | "l" | "litre"
"Hz" | "hertz"
"V" | "volt" | "voltage"
"°C" | "celsius"
"°F" | "fahrenheit"
"Wh"
"Ah"
"year"
"month"
"ly"
"kph"
"T" | "tesla"
"H" | "henry"
"weber" | "Wb"
"siemens" | "S"
"F" | "farad"
"W" | "watt"
"Pa" | "pascal"
"Ω" | "ohm"
"min" | "minute"
"h" | "hour"
"d" | "day"
"week"
"N" | "newton"
"C" | "coulomb"
"°" | "deg" | "degrees"
"arcsec"
"arcmin"
"rad" | "radians"
"grad" | "gradians"
"lumen" | "lm"
"lux" | "lx"
"nit" | "nt"
"byte" | "B"
"gray" | "Gy"
"sievert" | "Sv"
"katal" | "kat"
"bit" | "b"
"steradian" | "sr"
"atm"
"psi"
"bar"
"tonne"
"hectare" | "ha"
"acre" | "ac"
"ton"
"oz"
"gallon" | "gal"
"lbf"
"parsec" | "pc"
"au"
"floz"

Digraph:
hit escape then a letter, or hold alt while typing(only lowercase)
a=>α, A=>Α, b=>β, B=>Β, c=>ξ, C=>Ξ, d=>Δ, D=>δ,
e=>ε, E=>Ε, f=>φ, F=>Φ, g=>γ, G=>Γ, h=>η, H=>Η,
i=>ι, I=>Ι, k=>κ, Κ=>Κ, l=>λ, L=>Λ, m=>μ, M=>Μ,
n=>ν, Ν=>Ν, o=>ο, O=>Ο, p=>π, P=>Π, q=>θ, Q=>Θ,
r=>ρ, R=>Ρ, s=>σ, S=>Σ, t=>τ, T=>Τ, u=>υ, U=>Υ,
w=>ω, W=>Ω, y=>ψ, Y=>Ψ, x=>χ, X=>Χ, z=>ζ, Z=>Ζ,
==>±, `=>ⁱ, _=>∞, ;=>°
numbers/minus sign convert to superscript acting as exponents

basic example usage

kalc
> 1+1
2
> f(x)=sin(2x) //define f(x), will display how it was parsed
sin(2*x)
> f(x) // graphs f(x) in 2D
sin(2*x)
> f(pi/2) // evaluates f(x) at x=pi/2, so sin(2pi/2)=sin(pi)=0
0
> f(x,y)=x^2+y^2
x^2+y^2
> f(1,2) // evaluates f(x,y) at x=1, y=2, so 1^2+2^2=5
5
> f(x,y) // graphs f(x,y) in 3D
x^2+y^2
> a=3^3
3^3
> cbrt(a)
3
> im(exp(xi)) // graphs the imag part of exp(xi) in 2D, so sin(x)
im(exp(x*1i))
> f(x,y,z,w)=x+y+z+w
x+y+z+w
> f(1,2,3,4) // evaluates f(x,y,z,w) at x=1, y=2, z=3, w=4, so 1+2+3+4=10
10
> f(x,y,2,5) // graphs f(x,y,2,5) in 3D with z=2 and w=5 so x+y+2+5
x+y+2+5
> f(2,5,x,y) // graphs f(2,5,x,y) in 3D with x=2 and y=5 so 2+5+x+y, to graph x and y have to be the unknown variables
2+5+x+y
> |z| // graphs |(x+yi)| in 3D
norm((x+y+1i))
> deg // enables degrees
> pol({5,3,2}+{1,2,3}) // prints {magnitude, theta, phi} of {5,3,2}+{1,2,3}
{9.273618495496,57.373262293469,39.805571092265}
> piecewise({+-sqrt(2^2-x^2),(x<2)&&(x>-2)}) # 3{cos(x),sin(x)} # [5,x] # graph=flat;exp(ix) //graphing circles 4 different ways
piecewise({0±sqrt(2^2-x^2),(x<2)&&(x>-2)})
3*{cos(x),sin(x)}
exp(1i*x)

cli usage

echo -ne 'sqrt(pi) \n pi^2'|kalc
1.7724538509055159
9.869604401089358

kalc 'sqrt(pi)' 'pi^2'
1.7724538509055159
9.869604401089358

echo -ne 'sin(x)#cos(x)'|kalc // graphs sin(x) and cos(x) in 2D
kalc 'sin(x)#cos(x)' // graphs sin(x) and cos(x) in 2D

more advanced usage

see kalc.vars in repo

graphing

my gnuplot config in ~/.gnuplot

set terminal x11
set xyplane 0

chars available for point style:

. - dot
+ - plus
x - cross
* - star
s - empty square
S - filled square
o - empty circle
O - filled circle
t - empty triangle
T - filled triangle
d - empty del (upside down triangle)
D - filled del (upside down triangle)
r - empty rhombus
R - filled rhombus