Here you can find the source of getOperands(Stack
private static String[] getOperands(Stack<String> stack, int nOperands)
//package com.java2s; /*//www.j a va 2s . com * Copyright (C) 2013, Peter Decsi. * * This library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. * * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU Lesser General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>. */ import java.util.Stack; public class Main { private static String[] getOperands(Stack<String> stack, int nOperands) { String[] operands = new String[nOperands]; for (int j = nOperands - 1; j >= 0; j--) { if (stack.isEmpty()) { String msg = "Too few arguments supplied to operation. Expected (%d) operands but got (%d)!"; msg = String.format(msg, nOperands, nOperands - j - 1); throw new IllegalStateException(msg); } operands[j] = stack.pop(); } return operands; } }