// For example, the number of five card hands is choose(52,5) // // n! // choose(n,k) = ------------- // k! (n - k)! #include "stdafx.h" #include "defs.h" void eval_choose(void) { push(cadr(p1)); eval(); push(caddr(p1)); eval(); choose(); } // Result vanishes for k < 0 or k > n. (A=B, p. 19) #define N p1 #define K p2 void choose(void) { save(); K = pop(); N = pop(); if (choose_check_args() == 0) { push_integer(0); restore(); return; } push(N); factorial(); push(K); factorial(); divide(); push(N); push(K); subtract(); factorial(); divide(); restore(); } int choose_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; }