Reverse Polish notation (RPN) is a mathematical notation in which operators follow their operands. This is a C implementation with a simple stack.

rpncalc.c

/*
 ============================================================================
 Name        : rpncalc.c
 Author      : Gonzalo G. Fernandez
 Email		 : [email protected]
 Institution : Universidad El Bosque
 Year		 : 2022
 Version     : 1.0
 Copyright   : License MIT
 Description : Reverse Polish notation (RPN) is a mathematical notation in
 	 	 	 	 which operators follow their operands.
 	 	 	 	 This is a C implementation with a simple stack.
 ============================================================================
 */

#include <stdio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <math.h>

#define MAX_STACK_LENGTH	10	/* Max float stack length */

float stack[MAX_STACK_LENGTH]; 	/* Float stack */
int top = -1;					/* Current stack index */

/* Check if stack is empty (1 if true, 0 if false) */
int isEmpty(void){
	if (top == -1){
		return 1;
	} else {
		return 0;
	}
}

/* Check if stack is full (1 if true, 0 if false) */
int isFull(void){
	if (top == MAX_STACK_LENGTH){
		return 1;
	} else {
		return 0;
	}
}

/* Get next stack element without pop */
float peek(void){
	return stack[top];
}

/* Get next stack element
 *	If a pop is tried when the stack is empty,
 *	the program finish execution with error
 */
float pop(void){
	float data;

	if (!isEmpty()){
		data = stack[top];
		top--;
		return data;
	} else {
		printf("ERROR: Pop of empty stack.\n");
		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
	}
}

/* Put element data in stack
 *	If a push is tried when the stack is full return 1,
 *	successful push return 0
 */
int push(float data){
	if (!isFull()){
		top++;
		stack[top] = data;
		return 0;
	} else {
		return 1;
	}
}

int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
	char *token;
	float tmp_value1, tmp_value2;

	// Check for input argument expression
	if (argc < 2){
		printf("No expression given.\n");
		return EXIT_SUCCESS;
	}

	// Process every expression given
	for (int i=1; i<argc; i++){
		// Tokenize argument and processing
		token = strtok(argv[i], " ");

		while (token != NULL){
			/* Addition operation */
			if (strcmp(token, "+") == 0){
				tmp_value2 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = tmp_value1 + tmp_value2;
			/* Subtraction operation */
			} else if (strcmp(token, "-") == 0){
				tmp_value1 = pop();
				tmp_value2 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = tmp_value1 - tmp_value2;
			/* Multiplication operation */
			} else if (strcmp(token, "*") == 0){
				tmp_value1 = pop();
				tmp_value2 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = tmp_value1 * tmp_value2;
			/* Division operation */
			} else if (strcmp(token, "/") == 0){
				tmp_value1 = pop();
				tmp_value2 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = tmp_value1 / tmp_value2;
			/* Power operation */
			} else if (strcmp(token, "pow") == 0){
				tmp_value1 = pop();
				tmp_value2 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = pow(tmp_value1, tmp_value2);
			/* Absolute value */
			} else if (strcmp(token, "abs") == 0){
				tmp_value1 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = abs(tmp_value1);
			/* Sqruare-root operation */
			} else if (strcmp(token, "sqrt") == 0){
				tmp_value1 = pop();
				tmp_value1 = sqrt(tmp_value1);
			/* Input number (always float) */
			} else {
				tmp_value1 = atof(token);
			}

			// Push value to stack (operation result or new value)
			if (push(tmp_value1)){
				printf("ERROR: Push of full stack.\n");
				return EXIT_FAILURE;
			}

			token = strtok(NULL, " ");	// Get new token
		}

		// Check for answer
		// If more than one element in stack, invalid expression
		if (top > 0){
			printf("Invalid expression.");
			return EXIT_SUCCESS;
		}

		printf("%.3f", peek());
	}

	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}