CalcWizard 1

PROGRAMMING LAB MANUAL [2013]
Veermata Jijabai Technical Institute, Mumbai Page 49

CalcWizard 1.0
Harshal Tushar Lehri
111080953
1 INTRODUCTION:
Calculator has been a fundamental tool, whose use rose with the rising complexity in math.
Mathematics in engineering requires much more than a simpler calculator and must perform
much more than simpler arithmetic operations. It must be able to calculate advanced
operations like graphs, integrals etc which form the basis of engineering mathematics.
CalcWiard 1.0 is an attempt to solve these issues. The calculator is built to ease the
calculations for all types of users by providing basic functions of a normal calculator but is
particularly helpful for engineering calculations. The symbol is chosen as the Greek letter pi
because it represents the beauty of math, appearing almost everywhere in nature.
2 LITERATURE SURVEY:
The main source of this information for this project has been THE COMPLETE
REFERENCE: JAVA 2 by Herbert Schildt and Patrick Naughton. Along with this several
websites like Wikipedia, CodeProject have provided good overview of concepts like
numeric integration, matrices implemented in this project. Documentation on Oracle has
also been helpful to familiarize with the various classes, and their functions of the package
java.awt. DATA STRUCTURES USING C by Tenanbaum has provided valuable content on
the stacks and reverse polish notations.
3 HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:
3.1 HARDWARE:
This application can be deployed on a system with an intel i3 processor, with a 1.87 GB
RAM . The application is also of 56 kb so this much space is required.


3.2 SOFTWARE:
To run the application the system requires a JDK, the latest one being 1.7. The application
is built on awt so the application can also work on systems with older version of jdk. It can
be deployed on Windows XP, 7, Linux Ubuntu (debian) and also on Mac OS. The
appropriate jdk can be installed from oracle website.
4 TECHNOLOGY USED:
The application was developed on Linux Ubuntu 12.04 LTS system, in a 64-bit
environment. The application was developed using JDK 1.7 IcedTea. The code was written
using gedit text editior, part of GNOME GUI. The standard terminal was also use for
testing, launching and debugging the code.
5 FUNCTIONALITY:
5.1 EASY GUI BASED INPUT:
Numbers and operators can be entered using a simple GUI based input using buttons and
text fields. Inputs can also be taken via keyboard. The calculator also provides facilities to
input float, decimals and operators like +, -, /, *, ( , ) , ^ . It also has inbuilt constants pi and
e, two frequently used constants in engineering. It also provides facilities to input variables
X and Y. Facilities to clear ad reset input field is also provided.
5.2 FAST EVALUATION OF EXPRESSION:
The calculator evaluates using the reverse polish expression rather than the traditional
approach. Thus the calculator first converts the infix expression to a postfix expression.
Then it uses a stack and according to the precedence evaluates the expression. This is much
more efficient than finding the symbols of highest precedence one by one and evaluating
the expression. The expression also allows float numbers and negative numbers to be
represented starting with -. However they must be enclosed within brackets.


5.3 SIMPLE INTERCONVERSION BETWEEN HEX, BINARY AND DECIMAL
NUMBER FORMATS:
Engineering calculations may require numbers to be in formats other than the standard
decimal. CalcWizard 1.0 provides the facility to interconvert between various number
formats by a simple click of a button. However the input number must be of proper format
like 0x for hex numbers and terminating with B for binary numbers otherwise the numbers
will be taken as decimal itself.
5.4 SOLVING QUADRATIC EQUATIONS:
CalcWizard 1.0 determines the roots of a quadratic equation (of the form numX^2+
numX+ num), easily. It provides ease to determine the roots of equations which cannot be
solved easily by hand. It also has facilities to display imaginary roots if there are any.
5.5 CALCULATING TRIGNOMETRIC VALUES:
CalcWizard 1.0 provides a simple keyboard with trigonometric and logarithmic functions.
One can input the value in the standard textfield window and then click the appropriate
function. The result will be generated in the textfield, and hence expressions like
sin(sin()) can be solved easily just by clicking the appropriate function that many
times.
5.6 EVALUATING INTEGRALS:
Integrals are fundamental parts in engineering maths. CalcWizard 1.0 has provided the
facility to calculate definite integrals. It uses Simpsons 3/8 th rule to evaluate integrals and
provides nearly accurate results. The expression can be written and the range can be
specified and the integral can be calculated. Thus is simplifies the task of performing
integration which may be difficult to solve by hand.
5.7 SCRATCH PAD:
CalcWizard 1.0 provides the facility to store temporary results. An intermediate result
generated from and expression can be moved to the scratch pad via a button click. This
enables the user to also do some rough work if he/she needs to.


5.8 MATRIX MODE:
5.8.1 INTODUCTION:
Matrices are frequently used in various fields of mathematics and physics as they
represent multidimensional spaces. CalcWizard 1.0 has an inbuilt Matrix Mode which can
be entered by pressing a button on the main window. This opens a new Window where
matrix calculations can be performed.
5.8.2 EASY INPUT OF MATRIX:
CalcWizard 1.0 provides easy input and storing of matrices. A text area is provided to
input a matrix of any order. The matrix can be saved using a click of a button. A default
name starting from A is stored in the matrix list. The matrix information in provided by
clicking it and it displayed in the result window. Deletion of a matrix can also be
performed easily.
5.8.3 EVALUATING MATRIX EXPRESSION:
CalcWizard 1.0 can calculate matrix expressions. The result can be copied to input text
area and hence the result can be stored in the matrix list. For evaluation of the expression
it uses reverse polish notations.
5.8.4 CALCULATING INVERSE , DETERMINANT AND TRANSPOSE OF A
MATRIX:
CalcWizard has inbuilt functions to compute inverse of a matrix and its determinant.
Indication of divide by zero is also shown in the result.
5.9 APPROXIMATE GRAPH PLOTTER:
Sometimes it is necessary to have a rough idea of the equation one is solving of what the
equation represents. CalcWizard 1.0 provides a Graph plotter which plots the approximate
graphs of a given equation. The equation can be of the form f(Y)=f(X).


6 SCREENSHOTS:
6.1 BASIC LAYOUT OF CALCULATOR:



6.2 CONVERTING TO HEX, BINARY



6.3 USING THE SCIENTIFIC MODE:



6.4 USING INTEGRATES:

6.5 FINDING ROOTS OF EQUATION:



6.6 USING GRAPH MODE:



6.7 USING MATRIX MODE:
6.7.1 DETERMINANT OF A MATRIX:

6.7.2 EVALUATING EXPRESSIONS:



7 FUTURE SCOPE:
CalcWizard 1.0 has a lot of future scope in terms of more advanced features.
7.1 A BETTER GRAPH PLOTTER:
The current graph plotter plots the approximate graph. A more accurate graph plotter will
be more beneficial and will lead to better approximation.
7.2 VOICE ENABLED INPUT:
Java has introduced new javax.speech API. This API can be used to construct voice
recognition patterns and can be particularly helpful for those with impaired vision. Sphinx
is also a particularly helpful software for voice recognition.
7.3 BETTER GUI:
AWT has its limits and the project can see a lot of improvement in terms of GUI.
7.4 FACILITY TO DIFFERENTIATE:
Differentiation is another math operation common in engineering math. But unlike
integration it is more easily solvable applying certain operations. However its building
requires time as one must first store all the basic differentials, and then using rules one can
recursively find the differential.
7.5 COMPATIBLE FOR MOBILE ENVIRONMENT:
With the advent of smartphones, one can easily deploy such small applications on the
phones advanced OS. Perhaps the android SDK is closely related to java, however may
require some time because of some of its different syntax, like xml, manifest files.
7.6 STATISTICS MODE AND ECO MODE:
While the CalcWizard 1.0 mainly aimed towards engineering applications, future scopes
could include features to calculate statistical graphs, ogives and calculating and analyzing
simple economic and accounting data easily.
8 CONCLUSION:
Thus an advanced calculator was implemented using java which aims to simplify calculation
of various complexities and suited for various users.


Name of the Assessing Faculty: Asst Prof. Ashwini Potnis

Signature: _________________________

Dated: ________________

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