// Binomial coefficient // // Input: tos-2 n // // tos-1 k // // Output: Binomial coefficient on stack // // binomial(n, k) = n! / k! / (n - k)! // // The binomial coefficient vanishes for k < 0 or k > n. (A=B, p. 19) #include "stdafx.h" #include "defs.h" static void ybinomial(void); static int check_args(void); void eval_binomial(void) { push(cadr(p1)); eval(); push(caddr(p1)); eval(); binomial(); } void binomial(void) { save(); ybinomial(); restore(); } #define N p1 #define K p2 static void ybinomial(void) { K = pop(); N = pop(); if (check_args() == 0) { push(zero); return; } push(N); factorial(); push(K); factorial(); divide(); push(N); push(K); subtract(); factorial(); divide(); } static int check_args(void) { if (isnum(N) && lessp(N, zero)) return 0; else if (isnum(K) && lessp(K, zero)) return 0; else if (isnum(N) && isnum(K) && lessp(N, K)) return 0; else return 1; } char *s[] = { "binomial(12,6)", "924", "binomial(n,k)", // "1/(factorial(k))*factorial(n)*1/(factorial(-k+n))", // "factorial(n)/(factorial(k)*factorial(-k+n))", "n!/(k!*(-k+n)!)", "binomial(0,k)", // "1/(factorial(k))*1/(factorial(-k))", // "1/(factorial(k)*factorial(-k))", "1/(k!*(-k)!)", "binomial(n,0)", "1", "binomial(-1,k)", "0", "binomial(n,-1)", "0", }; void test_binomial(void) { test(__FILE__, s, sizeof s / sizeof (char *)); }