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#81640 - 2003-05-23 08:59 AM The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Think it was mentioned before, but regarding the 'new' possibilities with kixforms it's about time for some functionality enhancement (supporting floating point numbers was a step in the right direction) .... soooo ... how about intrinsic: sin() cos() tan() as well as their corresponding functions (asin() acos() atan() ) π (Pi as ummm ... a constant ?) e (as well) pwr() (supporting floating point operations of course) sqrt() (cdbl-enabled as well) functions ? Anyone else to enhance this list ? {Maybe some statistical functions for MCA ? } IF YOU FEEL LIKE TALKING ABOUT THAT, PLEASE GO HERE [ 26. May 2003, 09:59: Message edited by: Jochen ] _________________________
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#81641 - 2003-06-02 10:23 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	you looking for internal kixtart.exe support or UDF's? UDF's might make for interesting projects I know when I made this SQRT() it was a learning experience to say the least.
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#81642 - 2003-06-02 10:31 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Ummm ... intrinsic is the word here Or can you riddle this? : $x = sqrt(42.23) _________________________
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#81643 - 2003-06-02 10:38 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	err.... using the above SQRT() function I get this. code: $x = sqrt(42.23) ? $x 6.49846135635198 my trusty MS calculator gives me 6.4984613563519788003088119713467
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#81644 - 2003-06-02 10:45 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Sure, sorry! It was of course the pwr() thing I played with some time later that is only with pain to get cdbl-aware... Not to speak of sin() etc. [ 02. June 2003, 22:47: Message edited by: Jochen ] _________________________
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#81645 - 2003-06-02 10:59 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	you mean this? Link code: ;42.23^4 $x = sqr(42.23,4) ? $x 3180418.90045441 ms calc returns = 3180418.90045441
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#81646 - 2003-06-02 11:05 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	those are the only 2 that I have done.... but i am sure that the others can be done too.
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#81647 - 2003-06-02 11:11 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Jochen Jochen KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-03-17 Posts: 6380 Loc: Stuttgart, Germany	Fair Cop, but how about : 42.23^4.7 The pain starts ... _________________________
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#81648 - 2003-06-02 11:20 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Bryce Bryce KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-02-29 Posts: 3167 Loc: Houston TX	hmmmmmmm
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#81649 - 2005-08-31 03:41 AM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	ping pong. can't forget Sqrt() nor Pow() _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#81650 - 2005-09-08 10:19 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
jtokach jtokach Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-11-15 Posts: 513 Loc: PA, USA	Not quite as profound as what's listed above, but these math shortcuts would rock. $x++ ++$x $x-- --$x $x+=(expr) etc., etc. _________________________ -Jim ...the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
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#81651 - 2005-09-08 10:27 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	yes. been waiting for someone to post a suggestion about these. I'm totally with you about these! Edited by Jooel (2005-09-08 10:27 PM) _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#81652 - 2005-09-08 10:58 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Howard Bullock Howard Bullock KiX Supporter Registered: 2000-09-15 Posts: 5809 Loc: Harrisburg, PA USA	jtokach ,Jooel wanted me to post those but I told him that they were too Perlish and I might get bashed. But I want them too. _________________________ Home page: http://www.kixhelp.com/hb/
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#81653 - 2005-09-08 11:07 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4549 Loc: USA	What does the double plus or minus signify?
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#81654 - 2005-09-08 11:08 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
jtokach jtokach Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-11-15 Posts: 513 Loc: PA, USA	$x++ equals $x=$x+1 _________________________ -Jim ...the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
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#81655 - 2005-09-08 11:11 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
jtokach jtokach Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-11-15 Posts: 513 Loc: PA, USA	Quote: jtokach ,Jooel wanted me to post those but I told him that they were too Perlish and I might get bashed. But I want them too. It might be a nice change to get some C based crap in here vs. all the VB. _________________________ -Jim ...the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
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#81656 - 2005-09-08 11:11 PM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Allen Allen KiX Supporter Registered: 2003-04-19 Posts: 4549 Loc: USA	ack! I'll pass. Aside from golf... what's the advantage?
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#81657 - 2005-09-09 12:36 AM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
jtokach jtokach Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-11-15 Posts: 513 Loc: PA, USA	It's been around in C for +30 years; apparently those guys were super lazy too. The only advantages that I could see, besides the lazy factor, are that it should be faster for the interpreter to simply increment the variable rather than setting the left side var equal to itself and then performing the math. And someone might benefit from the ability to choose weather to pre increment/decrement vs. post increment/decrement. I can't think of any examples off hand. Obviously, these VB type For loops weren't built with this in mind. Consider in C: for(hi=100,lo=0;hi>=lo;hi--,lo++) This C For loop most accurately translates to a While statement in Kix. $hi=100 $lo=0 While $hi>=$lo $hi=$hi-1 $lo=$lo+1 Loop Hmmm... _________________________ -Jim ...the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
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#81658 - 2005-09-09 12:58 AM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
Lonkero Lonkero KiX Master Guru Registered: 2001-06-05 Posts: 22346 Loc: OK	well, most importantly something like the code below will benefit: Code: $myTextFile = readFile("c:\pagefile.sys") ; you need to udf for this :p $myTextFile = $myTextFile + "some text more" consider moving around some hundreds of megabytes of crap. when you could simply append the text with: Code: $myTextFile = readFile("c:\pagefile.sys") ; you need to udf for this :p $myTextFile += "some text more" pagefile.sys might not work as perfect example but you surely get the idea. _________________________ ! download KiXnet
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#81659 - 2005-09-09 01:02 AM Re: The Math Functions Wishlist... Part I - The List
jtokach jtokach Seasoned Scripter Registered: 2001-11-15 Posts: 513 Loc: PA, USA	Absolutely. _________________________ -Jim ...the sort of general malaise that only the genius possess and the insane lament.
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