Talk:Chemical calculator

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The task description needs to be complete, without needing chemistry knowledge. Describe how to perform the calculation; input format; data tables etc. Aim the task at those who know how to program but don't know chemistry, for example. --Paddy3118 (talk) 18:01, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

Might be an idea to specify an element symbol consists of one upper-case letter followed by 0, 1 or 2 lower-case letters, so CH4 is uniquely parsed as 1 atom of element H followed by 4 atoms of element C. (The symbols with two lower case letters are for systematic names of as yet unnamed elements, e.g. Ubn would be the symbol of element 120).

Also (sorry to nit-pick but...) Carbon 12 has exactly 6 protons, 6 neutrons and 6 electrons. --Tigerofdarkness (talk) 21:03, 18 March 2019 (UTC)

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