2.9.1 Math Functions

Function	Description	Example of usage	Result
abs(a)	Returns the absolute value of a	abs(-300)	300
acos(a)	Returns the arc cosine value of a in radian format	acos(0.5)	1.0472
asin(a)	Returns the arc sine value of a in radian format	asin(0.5)	0.5236
atan(a)	Returns the arctangent value of a in radian format	atan(0.5)	0.4636
atan2(a, b)	Returns the arctangent value of a triangle with a for the y length and b for the x length in radian format	atan2(2,1)	1.1071
cos(r)	Returns the cosine value of r in radian format	cos(3.1415)	-1
deg2rad(d)	Returns the radian value of d in degree format	deg2rad(-90)	-1.570796
dist(x, y)	Returns the Euclidean distance from the origin to the (x, y) coordinate	dist(3.5,10)	10.59481
max(a, b)	Returns the greater value between a and b	max(-1.23, -3)	-1.23
min(a, b)	Returns the lesser value between a and b	max(-1.23, -3)	-3
near(a, b [,e])	Returns 1 if the difference between the real number values ​​ a and b is less than or equal to e and returns 0 if the difference is larger than e	near(0.005, 0.0058) near(0.005, 0.006) near(0.005, 0.006, 0.1)	1 0 1
rad2deg(r)	Returns the degree value of r in radian format	rad2deg(1.570796)	90
sin(r)	Returns the sine value of r in radian format	sin(1.5*3.1415)	-1
sqr(a)	Returns the square root of a	sqr(16) sqr(0)	4 0
tan(r)	Returns the tangent value of r in radian format	tan(3.141592/4)	0.9999