NAME

Math::Notation::PostfixInfix - Math Notation for Postfix and Infix Expressions

SYNOPSIS

use Math::Notation::PostfixInfix;

Infix_to_Postfix
   I<@array_of_rule = Infix_to_Postfix ( I<"infix string"> );

Postfix_to_Infix
   I<$infix_notation> = Postfix_to_Infix ( I<@array_of_rule> );

Postfix_Test
   I<$bolean> = Postfix_Test ( I<arrayref_of_rule>,
                            [ I<\&external_subrot>, [ I<\@subrot_options> ]]
                          );

DESCRIPTION

This module was created for:

(a) Convert INFIX expressions to POSTFIX; 
(b) Convert POSTFIX expressions to INFIX and; 
(c) Perform POSTFIX context validations.

Context validation can be implemented in item selection routines or data context validation, when it is possible to identify data to be selected or ignored in some data analysis process.

EXAMPLES

The examples below were created in the hope that it will be useful.

Infix_to_Postfix

This example demonstrates how to convert an INFIX notaton to POSTFIX.

code:

use Math::Notation::PostfixInfix;

my @array = Math::Notation::PostfixInfix->Infix_to_Postfix ( "a && b || c && d" );

results:

@array = [ "a", "b", "&", "c", "d", "&", "|" ];

Postfix_to_Infix

This example demonstrates how to convert an POSTFIX notaton to INFIX.

code:

use Math::Notation::PostfixInfix;

my $string = Math::Notation::PostfixInfix->Postfix_to_Infix
                   ( [ "a","b","&","c","d","&","|" ] );
or
my $string = Math::Notation::PostfixInfix->Infix_to_Postfix
                   ( \@array );

results:

$string = "a and b or c and d";

Postfix_Test Bolean_Value

The script below is a simple example of logical comparation using constant data.

code:

## file: /tmp/t1

use Math::Notation::PostfixInfix;

my $mymod = new Math::Notation::PostfixInfix;

my %hash = ( A=>1, B=>0, C=>1, D=>0 );

my @array =
(
   [ $mymod->Infix_to_Postfix("A && B && C && D") ],
   [ $mymod->Infix_to_Postfix("A && B || C && D") ],
   [ $mymod->Infix_to_Postfix("A && B || C && D") ],
   [ $mymod->Infix_to_Postfix("A || B && C || D") ],
   [ $mymod->Infix_to_Postfix("A || B || C || D") ],
);

print "\n"; 
print "test1 = ".$mymod->Postfix_Test($array[0],\&subrot)."\n";
print "test2 = ".$mymod->Postfix_Test($array[1],\&subrot)."\n";
print "test3 = ".$mymod->Postfix_Test($array[2],\&subrot)."\n";
print "test4 = ".$mymod->Postfix_Test($array[3],\&subrot)."\n";
print "test5 = ".$mymod->Postfix_Test($array[4],\&subrot)."\n";
exit;

# rule = field information
# oper = operator (lt,le,eq,gt,ge,*) ('*' is no operator found)
# val1 = left part of field information (for 'oper' not '*')
# val2 = right part of field information (for 'oper' not '*')
# opts = subroutine options passed on Postfix_Test (3rd args)

sub subrot
{
   my $rule = shift;	# full field information
   my $oper = shift;	# may be: lt, le, eq, gt, ge, '*'
   my $val1 = shift;	# value is '0' if oper = '*'
   my $val2 = shift;	# value is '0' if oper = '*'
   my $opts = shift;	# subroution options
   return $hash{$rule};
}

results:

# perl /tmp/t1

test1 = 0
test2 = 0
test3 = 0
test4 = 1
test5 = 1

Postfix_Test Hash_Table

The script below was create to establish the concepts of context selection and exclusion rules based on data in HASH tables.

code:

## file: /tmp/t2

use Math::Notation::PostfixInfix;

## testing arguments
#
die "$0 argv1 is missing" if (!@ARGV);

## convertin args as string e get the postfix rule
#
my $mymod = new Math::Notation::PostfixInfix;

my @rule = $mymod->Infix_to_Postfix(join(" ",@ARGV));

print "\nrule: [ ",join(", ",@rule)," ]\n\n";

## test and select the data base the rule
#
while (my $buf = <DATA>)
{
   $buf =~ s/[\n\r]//g;

   ## matching formated data
   #
   if ($buf =~ /^(.*),(.*),(.*)$/i)
   {
      ## initialize the fields to test
      #
      my %test = (country=>$1, name=>$2, genre=>$3);

      ## apply the rules on the fields
      #
      ($mymod->Postfix_Test(\@rule,\&subrot,\%test)) ?
          print "[match]" :
          print "[unmatch]";
   }

   ## unmatching dat record
   #
   else {print "[regexp-error]";}

   ## append the data record on the status
   #
   print " ",$buf,"\n";
}
exit;

## my context test
#
sub subrot
{
    ## get the envs
    #
    my $rule = shift;
    my $oper = shift;
    my $val1 = shift;
    my $val2 = shift;
    my $test = shift;

    ## return as match if equal/match and data match
    #
    return 1 if ($oper eq "eq" && $test->{$val1} eq $val2);

    ## return as match if notequal/operator and data mismatch
    #
    return 1 if ($oper eq "ne" && $test->{$val1} ne $val2);

    ## otherwise return as umatch
    #
    return 0;
}

__DATA__
usa,peter,male
brazil,mary,female
france,jean,male
france,maria,female

results:

# perl /tmp/t2 country eq france

rule: [ country eq france ]

[unmatch] usa,peter,male
[unmatch] brazil,mary,female
[match] france,jean,male
[match] france,maria,female

# perl /tmp/t2 country eq france and name ne jean

rule: [ country eq france, name ne jean, & ]

[unmatch] usa,peter,male
[unmatch] brazil,mary,female
[unmatch] france,jean,male
[match] france,maria,female

DEPENDENCIES

no dependencies

AUTHOR

Carlos Celso, <ccelso@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT

Copyright (C) 2022-2023 Carlos Celso

LICENSE

This package is free software; can, at your discretion, also be used, modified and redistributed under the terms of the "GPLv3 - GNU Library General Public License".