cmferster

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   by cmferster 6y ago

   But it doesn't do the calculation for you. handcalcs is about performing calculations and having it automatically show your work.
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   by cmferster 6y ago

   Sympy is for solving an original solution. handcalcs is for plugging numbers into formulas. Next major milestone is integrating sympy with handcalcs so it is easy to transition from the sympy steps to the calculation steps.
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   by cmferster 6y ago

   That is my hope! At least for more typical arithmetic.
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   by cmferster 6y ago

   That's the current plan.
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   by cmferster 6y ago

   Jupyter, and ultimately Python, evaluates the expressions. handcalcs just displays the resulting information with variable values from the Python locals dict.
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   Handcalcs: Write calculations in Python, rendered automatically as Latex(github.com)

   4 points by cmferster 6y ago|2 comments
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   by cmferster 6y ago

   This is a library that I use daily in my work as a design engineer for quickly writing and printing calculations. My company has agreed that I may publish it as free and open source. In the engineering world, often times Excel is king. Howe