dc

An arbitrary precision calculator. Uses reverse polish notation (RPN). See also: bc. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/dc-1.05/html_mono/dc.html>.

Install

All systems
curl cmd.cat/dc.sh
Debian Debian
apt-get install dc
Ubuntu
apt-get install dc
Arch Arch Linux
pacman -S plan9port
image/svg+xml Kali Linux
apt-get install dc
CentOS
yum install dc
Fedora
dnf install dc
Windows (WSL2)
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install dc
OS X
brew install plan9port
Raspbian
apt-get install dc
Dockerfile
dockerfile.run/dc

An arbitrary precision calculator. Uses reverse polish notation (RPN). See also: bc. More information: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bc/manual/dc-1.05/html_mono/dc.html>.

  • Start an interactive session:
    dc
  • Execute a script:
    dc path/to/script.dc
  • Calculate an expression with the specified scale:
    dc --expression='10 k 5 3 / p'
  • Calculate 4 times 5 (4 5 *), subtract 17 (17 -), and [p]rint the output:
    dc --expression='4 5 * 17 - p'
  • Set number of decimal places to 7 (7 k), calculate 5 divided by -3 (5 _3 /) and [p]rint:
    dc --expression='7 k 5 _3 / p'
  • Calculate the golden ratio, phi: set number of decimal places to 100 (100 k), square root of 5 (5 v) plus 1 (1 +), divided by 2 (2 /), and [p]rint result:
    dc --expression='100 k 5 v 1 + 2 / p'

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