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NAME
amath - Simple command line calculator
SYNOPSIS
[ --noansi ] [ --shell | expression ]
DESCRIPTION
amath features a case sensitive command line interface, internal IEEE
754 calculations with 15 significant digits, calculations with real and
complex numbers, variables and user defined functions, logarithmic and
exponential functions, trigonometric and hyperbolic function and
selected mathematical constants and rounding functions.
OPTIONS
--noansi
Disable output of ANSI escape codes. Default is enable.
--shell
Open an interactive shell.
OPERATORS
+ Mathematical addition
- Mathematical subtraction
* Mathematical multiplication
/ Mathematical division
^ Mathematical exponentiation
= Assignment of variable values
| Absolute value of number
VARIABLES AND CONSTANT
pi Trigonometric constant
e Euler's number
i Imaginary unit
ins Result of last calculation
MISCELLANEOUS FUNCTIONS
abs Absolute value of number
sgn Mathematical signum function
round Round to nearest integer number
trunc Discard fraction part of number
floor Mathematical floor function
ceil Mathematical ceiling function
sqrt Square root function (exp 1/2)
cbrt Cube root function (exp 1/3)
lb Binary logarithm function (base 2)
ln Natural logarithm function (base e)
lg Common logarithm function (base 10)
TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
sin Trigonometric sine function
cos Trigonometric cosine function
tan Trigonometric tangent function
cot Trigonometric cotangent function
sec Trigonometric secant function
csc Trigonometric cosecant function
crd Trigonometric chord function
exsec Trigonometric exsecant function
excsc Trigonometric excosecant function
arcsin Inverse trigonometric sine function
arccos Inverse trigonometric cosine function
arctan Inverse trigonometric tangent function
arccot Inverse trigonometric cotangent function
arcsec Inverse trigonometric secant function
arccsc Inverse trigonometric cosecant function
arccrd Inverse trigonometric chord function
arcexsec Inverse trigonometric exsecant function
arcexcsc Inverse trigonometric excosecant function
HYPERBOLIC FUNCTIONS
sinh Hyperbolic sine function
cosh Hyperbolic cosine function
tanh Hyperbolic tangent function
coth Hyperbolic cotangent function
sech Hyperbolic secant function
csch Hyperbolic cosecant function
arcsinh Inverse hyperbolic sine function
arccosh Inverse hyperbolic cosine function
arctanh Inverse hyperbolic tangent function
arccoth Inverse hyperbolic cotangent function
arcsech Inverse hyperbolic secant function
arccsch Inverse hyperbolic cosecant function
EARLY TRIGONOMETRIC FUNCTIONS
ver Versed sine function
vcs Versed cosine function
cvs Coversed sine function
cvc Coversed cosine function
hv Haversed sine function
hvc Haversed cosine function
hcv Hacoversed sine function
hcc Hacoversed cosine function
arcver Inverse versed sine function
arcvcs Inverse versed cosine function
arccvs Inverse coversed sine function
arccvc Inverse coversed cosine function
archv Inverse haversed sine function
archvc Inverse haversed cosine function
archcv Inverse hacoversed sine function
archcc Inverse hacoversed cosine function
STATEMENTS
about Show about text
clear Clear console window
def Define function
delete Delete variable or function
digits Set number of significant digits
eval Evaluate arithmetic expression
execute Execute statements in a file
functions Show list of user defined functions
input Change numeral input system
help Show basic help text
output Change numeral output system
list Show content of a directory
show Show content of a file
load Load variable and functions from file
save Save variable and functions to file
variables Show list of variables
version Show version string
license Show copyright and license texts
memory Show internal memory usage
exit Exit program
EXIT STATUS
amath exits 0 on success and >0 if an error occurs.
EXAMPLES
Add two numbers:
$ amath 1.3 + 2.6
Find cosine of pi/2:
$ amath "cos(pi/2)"
Find square root of minus 25:
$ amath "sqrt(-25)"
Show only 5 digits in the result of a division:
$ amath "digits 5;34/11"
Script block with functions:
round(1.5461);round(-1.5461);
ceil(43.5461);ceil(-43.5461);
floor(39.9531);floor(-39.9531);
trunc(23.827);trunc(-23.827);
sqrt(100);sqrt(52.23);
Script block with user defined functions:
f(x)=x*2+1;
g(y)=y^2+y*1.5+2;
a=2;b=3;c=a+b;
f(2.2);c+1.1;
BUGS
Please report any other bugs that you encounter via:
https://gitlab.com/rnger/amath/issues.
HOMEPAGE
https://amath.innolan.net/
AUTHORS
Written by Carsten Sonne Larsen <cs@innolan.net>. Floating point to
string conversion is based on software written by Ryan Juckett. The
code in complex calculations is derived from software written by
Stephen L. Moshier. The code in MemSet and MemCopy is derived from
software contributed to Berkeley by Mike Hibler and Chris Torek.
January 11 2021 Version 1.9.0