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@@ -351,14 +394,6 @@
Differences (if any)
-
- | sin(x), cos(x), tan(x) |
- &sin($x), &cos($x), &tan($x) |
- Trigonometric functions where x is in radians. $x
- can be a pure number, i.e., you can call &sin(3.1415) |
- |
-
-
| sin(x), cos(x), tan(x) |
&sin($x), &cos($x), &tan($x) |
@@ -458,6 +493,13 @@
+ | /DIS($x,"nn") |
+ &format($x,"nn") |
+ Display or format $x as nn where nn is nF or nE and n is an integer. |
+ The difference is obvious. |
+
+
+
| roundto(x,n) |
&roundto($x,$n) |
Rounds a real number to n decimal points. $x and
@@ -523,6 +565,64 @@
|
+ | /MAP(seed;w,x,y,z;a,b,c,d) |
+ Option 1 - &map($seed,[\$w,\$x,\$y,\$z],[$a,$b,$c,$d]) or
+ Option 2 - &map($seed,\@mappedArray,[$a,$b,$c,$d])
+ Option 3 - @mappedArray = &map($seed,[$a,$b,$c,$d])
+ Option 4 - ($w,$x,$y,$z) = &map($seed,\@a)
+ where $a='A'
+ $b='B'
+ $c='B'
+ $d='B'
+ $w, $x, $y, and $z are variables |
+ Assigns to the variables $w, $x, $y and $z the values of the
+ $a, $b, $c and $c (A, B, C and D). The precise value for $w .. depends
+ on the seed. (Option 1 of calling map).
+ In option 2, the values of $a, $b .. are mapped into the array, @mappedArray. The two
+ options illustrate the different grouping. Options 3 and 4 give a consistent
+ way (with other functions) of mapping the items. For each option, the group can
+ be passed as an array, for example, [$a,$b,$c,$d] => \@a. |
+ In CAPA, the arguments are divided into three groups separated
+ by a semicolon ;. In LON-CAPA, the separation is done by using [] brackets or
+ using an array @a. Note the backslash (\) before the arguments in the
+ second and third groups. |
+
+
+
+
+ | rmap(seed;a,b,c,d;w,x,y,z) |
+ Option 1 - &rmap($seed,[\$w,\$x,\$y,\$z],[$a,$b,$c,$d]) or
+ Option 2 - &rmap($seed,\@rmappedArray,[$a,$b,$c,$d])
+ Option 3 - @rmapped_array = &rmap($seed,[$a,$b,$c,$d])
+ Option 4 - ($w,$x,$y,$z) = &rmap($seed,\@a)
+ where $a='A'
+ $b='B'
+ $c='B'
+ $d='B'
+ $w, $x, $y, and $z are variables |
+ The rmap functions does the reverse action of map if the same seed
+ is used in calling map and rmap. |
+ In CAPA, the arguments are divided into
+ three groups separated by a semicolon ;. In LON-CAPA, the
+ separation is done by using [] brackets (with create an
+ unamed vector reference) or using an array @a. Note the
+ backslash (\) before the arguments in the second and
+ third groups (Which cause Perl to send to variable
+ locations rather than the variable values, similar to a C
+ pointer). |
+
+
+
+ | NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA |
+ $a=&xmlparse($string) |
+ Runs the internal parser over the
+ argument parsing for display. Warning This will
+ result in different strings in different targets. Don't use
+ the results of this function as an answer. |
+ New to LON-CAPA |
+
+
+
| tex(a,b), tex("a","b") |
&tex($a,$b), &tex("a","b") |
Returns a if the output mode is in tex otherwise
@@ -713,13 +813,13 @@
| New to LON-CAPA |
- | NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA |
- @return_array=&random_multivariate_normal ($item_cnt,$seed,@mean,@covar)
- NOTE: @mean should be a length p array of real numbers. @covar should be a length
- p array of references to length p arrays or real numbers (i.e. a p by p matrix. |
+ NOT DOCUMENTED IN CAPA |
+ @return_array=&random_multivariate_normal ($item_cnt,$seed,\@mean,\@covar)
+ NOTE: @mean should be of length p array of real numbers. @covar should be a length
+ p array of references to length p arrays of real numbers (i.e. a p by p matrix. |
Generate $item_cnt deviates of multivariate_normal distribution with
mean vector @mean and variance-covariance matrix. |
- New to LON-CAPA |
+ Note the backslash before the @mean and @covar arrays. |
| NOT IMPLEMENTED IN CAPA |
@@ -808,7 +908,7 @@
Guy Albertelli
-Last modified: Tue June 12 15:25 EDT 2001
+Last modified: Thu Mar 28 17:59:42 EST 2002
|