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Maths

As well as the usual operators there are many functions. See table 3
 
Table 3: Math functions
cos cos (angle needs to be in radians)
sin sin (angle needs to be in radians)
tan tan (angle needs to be in radians)
exp exponential
log natural log
log10 base 10 log
sinh hyperbolic sin
cosh hyperbolic cos
tanh hyperbolic tan
acos inverse cos
acosh inverse hyperbolic cos
asin inverse sin
asinh inverse hyperbolic sin
atan inverse tan
atan2 2-argument form of inverse tan
atanh inverse hyperbolic tan
abs absolute value
sign sign (either -1 or +1)
round round to the nearest integer
floor round down to the nearest integer
ceil round up to the nearest integer
fix round towards 0
rem remainder after integer division
sqrt square root



 
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