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@ -76,17 +76,15 @@ Operators
``-``
for subtraction
``*`` or ``x``
for multiplication
for multiplication. ``*`` is the glob character and needs to be quoted or escaped, ``x`` needs to be followed by whitespace or it looks like ``0x`` hexadecimal notation.
``/``
for division
(Note that ``*`` is the glob character and needs to be quoted or escaped, ``x`` needs to be followed by whitespace or it looks like ``0x`` hexadecimal notation.)
``^``
for exponentiation
``%``
for modulo
``(`` or ``)``
for grouping.
(These need to be quoted or escaped because ``()`` denotes a command substitution.)
for grouping. These need to be quoted or escaped because ``()`` denotes a command substitution.
They are all used in an infix manner - ``5 + 2``, not ``+ 5 2``.
@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ Functions
arc tangent of two variables
``bitand``, ``bitor`` and ``bitxor``
perform bitwise operations.
These will throw away any non-integer parts andd interpret the rest as an int.
These will throw away any non-integer parts and interpret the rest as an int.
``ceil``
round number up to nearest integer
``cos``
@ -142,9 +140,9 @@ Functions
``log2``
the base-2 logarithm
``max``
returns the larger of two numbers
returns the largest of the given numbers - this takes an arbitrary number of arguments (but at least one)
``min``
returns the smaller of two numbers
returns the smallest of the given numbers - this takes an arbitrary number of arguments (but at least one)
``ncr``
"from n choose r" combination function - how many subsets of size r can be taken from n (order doesn't matter)
``npr``
@ -193,6 +191,8 @@ Examples
``math 'ncr(49,6)'`` prints 13983816 - that's the number of possible picks in 6-from-49 lotto.
``math max 5,2,3,1`` prints 5.
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