Numeric expressions

A number is a post-fix expression consisting of numeric values, variable values and operators.

A numeric value is anything starting with a digit.  0x prefixes a hexadecimal value, 0 prefixes an octal value otherwise the value is interpreted as decimal.

Variables are single upper case characters in the range A-Z, thus 26 variables are available.

Numeric values and variables are pushed onto a stack which can store up to 248 numbers.

Operators are single characters not identified as numeric values or variables.  They operate on the stack combining elements.

Use -h operators for more information.

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