Command  interpreter 1.2.1

                                                                         Jean-Marc Drézet

                                                                        Contents

1 Introduction

        1.1Description of the command interpreter

        1.2 The mini-interpreter

2 Initialization file

        2.1 Internal parameters

        2.2 Running modes

        2.3 External parameters

        2.4 Data, results and commands directories

        2.5 Definition of objects

        2.6 Definition of structures

        2.7 Command names

        2.8 Greeting message

        2.9 Messages

        2.10 Initial program

        2.11 Inclusion of files

        2.12 Programs

3 Programming with the interpreter

        3.1 Introduction

        3.2 Parameters

        3.3 Numeric evaluation of expressions

        3.4 Conditions

        3.5 Command files

                       3.5.1 Definition

                       3.5.2 Simulation of loops

        3.6 Programs

                       3.6.1 Structure of programs

                       3.6.2 Labels, conditional jumps and loops

                       3.6.3 Questions and answers inside programs

        3.7 Monitor files

4 Commands

        4.1 Introduction

        4.2 Structure of commands

5 Objects and structures

        5.1 Object types

        5.2 Objects

        5.3 How to create and access objects

        5.4 Aliases of object types

        5.5 Objects of undefined data type

        5.6 Destruction of objects

        5.7 Storage of objects

        5.8 Structure types

        5.9 Structures

        5.10 How to create and access structures

        5.11 Destruction of structures

6 Expression evaluator

        6.1 Variables

        6.2 Functions

        6.3 Objects

        6.4 Numerical expressions as arguments

7 Question files

8 List of available commands

9 Other useful functions in the command interpreter

        9.1 Memory management

        9.2 Other functions

10 Complex numbers

        10.1 Representation of complex numbers

        10.2 Functions using complex numbers

11 Tutorial

        11.1 How to use the interpreter

                      11.1.1 The main function and related functions

                      11.1.2 The definition of command and function names

               11.1.3 How to glue several applications in a single program

        11.2 Examples

                    11.2.1 Example 1

                    11.2.2 Example 2

                    11.2.3 Example 3

                    11.2.4 Example 4