https://github.com/sagebind/mathpad

Interactive scratchpad calculator for VS Code
https://github.com/sagebind/mathpad

calculator math-expressions visual-studio-code vscode vscode-extension

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Interactive scratchpad calculator for VS Code

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/sagebind/mathpad
• Owner: sagebind
• License: mit
• Created: 2020-05-01T23:35:14.000Z (almost 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-03-04T15:41:00.000Z (almost 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-12-24T16:02:47.818Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: calculator, math-expressions, visual-studio-code, vscode, vscode-extension
• Language: TypeScript
• Size: 61.5 KB
• Stars: 21
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 6
• Open Issues: 14
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Changelog: CHANGELOG.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# Mathpad

Mathpad is a small extension for [Visual Studio Code] that turns a Markdown editor into an interactive scratchpad calculator.

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I created this because I couldn't find a good notebook calculator that I liked that

- is free and open source,

- supports all the platforms I care about,

- works completely offline,

- supports variables and functions,

- allows you to edit anywhere (as opposed to REPL style),

- and works in and saves as plain text.

I already have [Visual Studio Code] installed on all my computers and use it for lots of text editing purposes, so I decided to make it also my calculator using this extension.

## Features

- Math expressions on their own line inside a Markdown editor are evaluated automatically and their results are displayed in grey at the end of the line.

- Variables can be defined on their own line like `x = 42` and referenced on any line below it.

- Functions can be defined on their own line like `f(x) = 42 / x` and referenced on any line below it.

- Changing a variable or function definition will automatically re-evaluate everywhere it is used in the rest of the document.

Much more is available as math expressions, which are powered by [Math.js]. Check out the Math.js documentation for even more examples of what sorts of expressions can be evaluated.

## Future ideas

There's a lot more neat ideas that _could_ be implemented, including:

- Defining our own language/editor type with dedicated math syntax highlighting.

- Evaluating expressions embedded in normal text.

- Replacing an expression with its result.

## License

This project's source code and documentation is licensed under the MIT license. See the [LICENSE](LICENSE) file for details.

[Math.js]: https://mathjs.org

[Visual Studio Code]: https://code.visualstudio.com