Added support for scientific notation

src/main.rs

@@ -176,6 +176,13 @@ fn main() -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
 // Tests to add:
 // 3!+1
 // 3!3
+// 1e2
+// 1e-2
+// 1e0
+// 1e1.2
+// 1e(2)
+// e2e
+// 2 2e2
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {

src/parser/tokenize.rs

@@ -31,6 +31,24 @@ fn push_token(g: &mut VecDeque<PreToken>, t: Option<PreToken>, stop_i: usize) {
 	};
 
 
+	// `2e` isn't exponential notation, it's 2*e.
+	// If a number ends in `e`, disconnect the `e` and make it a word.
+	if let PreToken::PreNumber(l, s) = &t {
+		let last = &s[s.len()-1..];
+		if last == "e" {
+			g.push_back(PreToken::PreNumber(
+				LineLocation { pos: l.pos, len: l.len-1 },
+				String::from(&s[0..s.len()-1])
+			));
+			g.push_back(PreToken::PreWord(
+				LineLocation { pos: l.pos + l.len - 1, len: 1 },
+				String::from("e")
+			));
+
+			return;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if let PreToken::PreWord(l, s) = &t {
 		let o = Operator::from_string(s);
 		if o.is_some() {
@@ -68,14 +86,50 @@ pub(in crate::parser) fn tokenize(input: &String) -> VecDeque<PreToken> {
 				};
 			},
 
-			// The minus sign can be both a Negative and an Operator.
+			// 'e' needs special treatment.
-			// Needs special treatment, always starts a new token.
+			// Can be both a word or a number.
+			'e' => {
+				match &mut t {
+					Some(PreToken::PreWord(_, val)) => { val.push(c); },
+					Some(PreToken::PreNumber(_, val)) => { val.push(c); },
+
+					_ => {
+						push_token(&mut g, t, i);
+						t = Some(PreToken::PreWord(LineLocation{pos: i, len: 0}, String::from(c)));
+					}
+				};
+			}
+
+			// The minus sign also needs special treatment.
+			// It can be the `neg` operator, the `minus` operator,
+			// or it can specify a negative exponent.
 			'-' => {
-				push_token(&mut g, t, i);
+				match &mut t {
-				t = Some(PreToken::PreOperator(
+					Some(PreToken::PreNumber(_, val)) => {
-					LineLocation{pos: i, len: 1},
+						if &val[val.len()-1..] == "e" {
-					String::from("-")
+							// If the current number ends in an `e`,
-				));
+							// this negative specifies a negative exponent
+							// like 2e-2 = 0.02.
+							val.push(c);
+						} else {
+							// Otherwise, end the number.
+							// We probably have a subtraction.
+							push_token(&mut g, t, i);
+							t = Some(PreToken::PreOperator(
+								LineLocation{pos: i, len: 1},
+								String::from("-")
+							));
+						}
+					},
+
+					_ => {
+						push_token(&mut g, t, i);
+						t = Some(PreToken::PreOperator(
+							LineLocation{pos: i, len: 1},
+							String::from("-")
+						));
+					}
+				};
 			},
 
 			// Operator

src/quantity/quantity.rs

@@ -137,20 +137,48 @@ impl Quantity {
 
 	pub fn new_rational_from_float_string(s: &str) -> Option<Quantity> {
 
-		let mut q = s.split(".");
+		// Scientific notation
-		let a = q.next().unwrap();
+		let mut sci = s.split("e");
-		let b = q.next();
+		let num = sci.next().unwrap();
+		let exp = sci.next();
+
+		let exp = if exp.is_some() {
+			let r = exp.unwrap().parse::<isize>();
+			match r {
+				Ok(x) => x,
+				Err(_) => return None
+			}
+		} else {0isize};
+
+		// Split integer and decimal parts
+		let mut dec = num.split(".");
+		let a = dec.next().unwrap();
+		let b = dec.next();
 		let b = if b.is_some() {b.unwrap()} else {""};
 
 		// Error conditions
 		if {
-			q.next().is_some() || // We should have at most one `.`
+			dec.next().is_some() || // We should have at most one `.`
+			sci.next().is_some() || // We should have at most one `e`
 			a.len() == 0 // We need something in the numerator
 		} { return None; }
 
-		return Some(Quantity::new_rational_from_string(
+		let s: String;
-			&format!("{a}{b}/1{}", "0".repeat(b.len()))
+		if exp < 0 {
-		));
+			let exp: usize = (-exp).try_into().unwrap();
+			s = format!("{a}{b}/1{}", "0".repeat(b.len() + exp));
+		} else if exp > 0 {
+			let exp: usize = exp.try_into().unwrap();
+			s = format!(
+				"{a}{b}{}/1{}",
+				"0".repeat(exp),
+				"0".repeat(b.len())
+			);
+		} else { // exp == 0
+			s = format!("{a}{b}/1{}", "0".repeat(b.len()));
+		};
+
+		return Quantity::new_rational_from_string(&s);
 	}
 
 	pub fn to_float(&self) -> Float {