TextCalc is designed as a combination of an expression calculator and a text editor.

The editor is capable of parsing numbers and strings enclosed in double quotes " ". Numbers will be colored blue and strings will be colored red. This makes it ideal for editing files containing numeric data.

Here are some key features of "TextCalc":

· You can evaluate expressions like 9*4-2+95-12 just the way you write them on paper.
· You can put comments besides your answer and expressions.
· You can save, reload, edit and print your results and expressions.
· You do not need to write your answer down on a paper before computing another expression, as you can leave the previous result in the editor.
· You can open an existing text data file and perform calculations on it.
· You can apply an expression to many numbers at one go. For example, you can change the list 1 2 3 4 5 to 2 4 6 8 10 by multiplying each number by 2.
· You can sum, average, convert into hex etc. a list of numbers easily.