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# A Demo for computing Polynomial.
# (C) 2004, The Seeker

# ------------ poly.h -----------------------

#ifndef POLYNOM_H
#define POLYNOM_H

#define MAX_POLYNOM_ELEMENTS     250

typedef struct {
int coef;
int pow_x;
int pow_y;
} PType;

typedef struct {
int     n;
PType    *poly;
//POLYNOM     *next;
} POLYNOM;

typedef struct {
POLYNOM        *prev;
POLYNOM        polynom;
POLYNOM        *next;
} POLYNOMLIST;


#endif
# ------------------ end of poly.h ----------------------------

#------- poly.c ------------------
#include 
#include 
#include 
#include "poly.h"

const char *delim = " ";

int Polynom_GetInput(POLYNOM *plnm)
{
char buf[1024];
int i,j,n;
div_t divr;
char *p;
int a[3*MAX_POLYNOM_ELEMENTS];

//printf("Enter your polynomial variables (it is sequence of triples: c pow_x pow_y)\n");
printf("Enter Polynoms = ");
gets(buf);
if (strlen(buf) == 0) {
plnm->n = 0;
plnm->poly = NULL;
return 0;
}
n = 0;
if ((p=strtok(buf, delim)) != NULL) {
// found the first input
n=1;
a[0] = atoi(p);
}
while ((p=strtok(NULL, delim)) != NULL && n<3*max_polynom_elements)> 0) {
/* that's all the input.  Now, ensure the input is repetition of triplets
*/
divr = div(n,3);
if (divr.rem == 0) {
// yes, it is a sequence of triplet
plnm->poly = (PType*)malloc(n/3 * sizeof(PType));
if (plnm->poly == NULL)
exit(1);
plnm->n = n/3;
for(i=0; ipoly[j].coef = a[i];
plnm->poly[j].pow_x = a[i+1];
plnm->poly[j].pow_y = a[i+2];
}
}
return 1;
}
}
return 0;
}

int Polynom_Copy(const POLYNOM *src, POLYNOM *dest)
{
// destination polynom should not NULL
if (src==NULL || dest==NULL) return 0;
dest->poly = (PType *)malloc(src->n * sizeof(PType));
if (dest->poly) {
memcpy(dest->poly, src->poly, src->n * sizeof(PType));
return 1;
}
return 0;
}


void Polynom_Free(POLYNOM *p)
{
if (!p) return;
if (p->poly) {
free(p->poly);
p->n = 0;
p->poly = NULL;
}
}


void Polynom_Print(const POLYNOM *p)
{
int i;
char strc[50], strx[50], stry[50];
short sign;
char strsign[5];
short first_time=1;
int coef;

if (!p) return;
strx[0] = '\0';
stry[0] = '\0';
for(i=0; in; i++) {
coef = p->poly[i].coef;
// ignore coef=0
// using temporary var for sign is slightly faster than accessing structure of pointer p
if (coef != 0) {
sign = ( coef < first_time =" 0;">poly[i].pow_x !=0 || p->poly[i].pow_y !=0))
strcpy(strc, strsign);
else
sprintf(strc, "%s%0d", strsign, abs(coef));
if (p->poly[i].pow_x == 0)
strcpy(strx, "");
else if (p->poly[i].pow_x == 1)
strcpy(strx, "x");
else
sprintf(strx, "x^%-d", p->poly[i].pow_x);
if (p->poly[i].pow_y == 0)
strcpy(stry, "");
else if (p->poly[i].pow_y == 1)
strcpy(stry, "y");
else
sprintf(stry, "y^%-d", p->poly[i].pow_y);
//sprintf("%u%s%s");
printf("%s%s%s", strc, strx, stry);
}
}
printf("\n");
}


int Polynom_Add(PType *result, const PType P1, const PType P2)
{
if (result == NULL)
return 0;
if ((P1.pow_x == P2.pow_x) && (P1.pow_y == P2.pow_y)) {
// p1 & p2 have the same order of x,y
result->coef = P1.coef + P2.coef;
return 1;  
}
else {
return 0;
}
}

void Polynom_Simplify(POLYNOM *p1, POLYNOM *p2)
{
int i,j,k;


}


int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
POLYNOM p1;
int i=0;

while (Polynom_GetInput(&p1)) {
//for(i=0; i

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