Standard Library Ideas

[psnake]

Seems like the hard part is come up with ideas to a standard library so I mindstormed a little and this list ocurred to me. I hope someone will add up to this list or even volunter to take care of a certain topic.

 - System interface: we can send commands to the system through the system() function but what about a library that wraps some common calls in a consistent and OS abstracted way. For example: clear() -> it would clear the shell both in Linux and Windows. (I know we have the clear screen command already )

 - Math

 - Eye candy: some graphics functions (?) like GUI's (this should prove a lot of work but its still an idea )

 - Strings: some more advanced functions for string manipulation.

That's the end of my imagination  for now. I'll add more as they pop in my mind. Add up your ideas too.

Best Regards,
psnake

[E.K.Virtanen]

System interfaces rocks. We need perfect way to solve which OS user has, then we can build these.

[psnake]

System interfaces rocks. We need perfect way to solve which OS user has, then we can build these.

There's already a way:

Code:

peek$("os")

It gives either "windows" or "unix"

psnake

[E.K.Virtanen]

Yes, but can we get more detailed OS specification like win95&98, xp, linux&unix?

[psnake]

Yes, but can we get more detailed OS specification like win95&98, xp, linux&unix?

For now, no. The info you get with peek$() is the information used in compilation, but I'll look into it tomorrow, now I'm too tired.

Regards,
psnake

[Derek]

Hi,

any more ideas?

Derek.

[flo]

Hi everyone

i have got some ideas, too !

i could give some math funktions to the community

for example a funktion for the Binomial koefficient
sadly i have to say, that this funktion needs another funktion
which returns the factorial worth of its input

Code:

Sub Factorial(z)
If z=0 Then
y=1
endif
If z>0 Then
m=z
f=z-1
For x=2 to m
y=z*f
z=y
f=f-1
Next x
endif
return y
End Sub
//-----------------------------------
Sub Binomial(x,y)
m=(Factorial(x)/(Factorial((x-y))*Factorial(y)))
return m
End Sub

[flo]

Could you post some Math-functions onto the board, which aren't implemented as yabasic subs yet ?