Using a library would be nicer, but qalculate is capable of doing more 
than simple calculations, like currency and unit conversion. See the 
long feature list here:
http://qalculate.sourceforge.net/features.html
There is also a libqalculate library, that is written in C++. The API 
seems simple, so it should be possible to write a wrapper for C#

Joe wrote:
> This is hilarious. I was just working on a new calculator plugin. I
> found a simple library written in C# that would do the math parsing. I
> had to modify it a bit because it was written for German WinXP which
> uses "," instead of "." for decimal points, and there are some
> mistakes in the regex phrases. You can get it here:
>
> http://www.codeproject.com/KB/cs/MathParser.aspx
>
> Im moving this week so I have been too busy to finish it, but it might
> be a better solution than something that requires a dependency.
>
> -JoE
>
>
> On Jun 7, 1:23 am, Nicolas Chachereau <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>   
>> Peter Bjørn Jørgensen <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>     
>>> I've just submitted a new calculator plugin as an alternative to the
>>> Google Calculator. It uses the Qalculate command-line tool 'qalc' as
>>> backend, so no internet connection is required and it is faster, but
>>> Qalculate is a dependency.
>>>       
>> This is great, I've been longing for such a calculator plugin for a long 
>> time.
>>
>> Hopefully it will get merged (as it is or after some clean-up).
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nicolas
>>     
> >
>   

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