1Ops(3)                User Contributed Perl Documentation               Ops(3)
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NAME

6       PDL::Ops - Fundamental mathematical operators
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DESCRIPTION

9       This module provides the functions used by PDL to overload the basic
10       mathematical operators ("+ - / *" etc.) and functions ("sin sqrt" etc.)
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12       It also includes the function "log10", which should be a perl function
13       so that we can overload it!
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15       Matrix multiplication (the operator "x") is handled by the module
16       PDL::Primitive.
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SYNOPSIS

19       none
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FUNCTIONS

22   plus
23         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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25       add two piddles
26
27          $c = plus $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
28          $c = $a + $b;           # overloaded call
29          $a->inplace->plus($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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31       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
32       function is used to overload the binary "+" operator.  Note that when
33       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
34       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
35       expected to go away in future releases.
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37       plus does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
38       output piddles is unknown.
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40   mult
41         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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43       multiply two piddles
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45          $c = mult $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
46          $c = $a * $b;           # overloaded call
47          $a->inplace->mult($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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49       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
50       function is used to overload the binary "*" operator.  Note that when
51       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
52       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
53       expected to go away in future releases.
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55       mult does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
56       output piddles is unknown.
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58   minus
59         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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61       subtract two piddles
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63          $c = minus $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
64          $c = $a - $b;           # overloaded call
65          $a->inplace->minus($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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67       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
68       function is used to overload the binary "-" operator.  Note that when
69       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
70       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
71       expected to go away in future releases.
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73       minus does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
74       output piddles is unknown.
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76   divide
77         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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79       divide two piddles
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81          $c = divide $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
82          $c = $a / $b;           # overloaded call
83          $a->inplace->divide($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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85       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
86       function is used to overload the binary "/" operator.  Note that when
87       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
88       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
89       expected to go away in future releases.
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91       divide does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
92       output piddles is unknown.
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94   gt
95         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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97       the binary > (greater than) operation
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99          $c = gt $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
100          $c = $a > $b;           # overloaded call
101          $a->inplace->gt($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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103       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
104       function is used to overload the binary ">" operator.  Note that when
105       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
106       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
107       expected to go away in future releases.
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109       gt does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
110       output piddles is unknown.
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112   lt
113         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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115       the binary < (less than) operation
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117          $c = lt $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
118          $c = $a < $b;           # overloaded call
119          $a->inplace->lt($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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121       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
122       function is used to overload the binary "<" operator.  Note that when
123       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
124       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
125       expected to go away in future releases.
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127       lt does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
128       output piddles is unknown.
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130   le
131         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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133       the binary <= (less equal) operation
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135          $c = le $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
136          $c = $a <= $b;           # overloaded call
137          $a->inplace->le($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
138
139       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
140       function is used to overload the binary "<=" operator.  Note that when
141       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
142       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
143       expected to go away in future releases.
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145       le does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
146       output piddles is unknown.
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148   ge
149         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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151       the binary >= (greater equal) operation
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153          $c = ge $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
154          $c = $a >= $b;           # overloaded call
155          $a->inplace->ge($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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157       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
158       function is used to overload the binary ">=" operator.  Note that when
159       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
160       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
161       expected to go away in future releases.
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163       ge does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
164       output piddles is unknown.
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166   eq
167         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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169       binary equal to operation ("==")
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171          $c = eq $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
172          $c = $a == $b;           # overloaded call
173          $a->inplace->eq($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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175       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
176       function is used to overload the binary "==" operator.  Note that when
177       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
178       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
179       expected to go away in future releases.
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181       eq does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
182       output piddles is unknown.
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184   ne
185         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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187       binary not equal to operation ("!=")
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189          $c = ne $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
190          $c = $a != $b;           # overloaded call
191          $a->inplace->ne($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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193       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
194       function is used to overload the binary "!=" operator.  Note that when
195       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
196       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
197       expected to go away in future releases.
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199       ne does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
200       output piddles is unknown.
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202   shiftleft
203         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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205       leftshift "a$" by $b
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207          $c = shiftleft $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
208          $c = $a << $b;           # overloaded call
209          $a->inplace->shiftleft($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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211       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
212       function is used to overload the binary "<<" operator.  Note that when
213       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
214       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
215       expected to go away in future releases.
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217       shiftleft does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of
218       the output piddles is unknown.
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220   shiftright
221         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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223       leftshift "a$" by $b
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225          $c = shiftright $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
226          $c = $a >> $b;           # overloaded call
227          $a->inplace->shiftright($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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229       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
230       function is used to overload the binary ">>" operator.  Note that when
231       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
232       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
233       expected to go away in future releases.
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235       shiftright does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of
236       the output piddles is unknown.
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238   or2
239         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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241       binary or of two piddles
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243          $c = or2 $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
244          $c = $a | $b;           # overloaded call
245          $a->inplace->or2($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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247       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
248       function is used to overload the binary "|" operator.  Note that when
249       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
250       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
251       expected to go away in future releases.
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253       or2 does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
254       output piddles is unknown.
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256   and2
257         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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259       binary and of two piddles
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261          $c = and2 $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
262          $c = $a & $b;           # overloaded call
263          $a->inplace->and2($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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265       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
266       function is used to overload the binary "&" operator.  Note that when
267       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
268       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
269       expected to go away in future releases.
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271       and2 does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
272       output piddles is unknown.
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274   xor
275         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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277       binary exclusive or of two piddles
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279          $c = xor $a, $b, 0;     # explicit call with trailing 0
280          $c = $a ^ $b;           # overloaded call
281          $a->inplace->xor($b,0);  # modify $a inplace
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283       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
284       function is used to overload the binary "^" operator.  Note that when
285       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
286       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
287       expected to go away in future releases.
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289       xor does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
290       output piddles is unknown.
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292   bitnot
293         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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295       unary bit negation
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297          $b = ~ $a;
298          $a->inplace->bitnot;  # modify $a inplace
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300       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
301       function is used to overload the unary "~" operator/function.
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303       bitnot does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
304       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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306   power
307         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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309       raise piddle $a to the power "b"
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311          $c = $a->power($b,0); # explicit function call
312          $c = $a ** $b;    # overloaded use
313          $a->inplace->power($b,0);     # modify $a inplace
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315       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
316       function is used to overload the binary "**" function.  Note that when
317       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
318       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
319       expected to go away in future releases.
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321       power does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
322       output piddles is unknown.
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324   atan2
325         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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327       elementwise "atan2" of two piddles
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329          $c = $a->atan2($b,0); # explicit function call
330          $c = atan2 $a, $b;    # overloaded use
331          $a->inplace->atan2($b,0);     # modify $a inplace
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333       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
334       function is used to overload the binary "atan2" function.  Note that
335       when calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third
336       argument that should generally be zero (see first example).  This
337       restriction is expected to go away in future releases.
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339       atan2 does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
340       output piddles is unknown.
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342   modulo
343         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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345       elementwise "modulo" operation
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347          $c = $a->modulo($b,0); # explicit function call
348          $c = $a % $b;    # overloaded use
349          $a->inplace->modulo($b,0);     # modify $a inplace
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351       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
352       function is used to overload the binary "%" function.  Note that when
353       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
354       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
355       expected to go away in future releases.
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357       modulo does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of the
358       output piddles is unknown.
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360   spaceship
361         Signature: (a(); b(); [o]c(); int swap)
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363       elementwise "<=>" operation
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365          $c = $a->spaceship($b,0); # explicit function call
366          $c = $a <=> $b;    # overloaded use
367          $a->inplace->spaceship($b,0);     # modify $a inplace
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369       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
370       function is used to overload the binary "<=>" function.  Note that when
371       calling this function explicitly you need to supply a third argument
372       that should generally be zero (see first example).  This restriction is
373       expected to go away in future releases.
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375       spaceship does handle bad values.  The state of the bad-value flag of
376       the output piddles is unknown.
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378   sqrt
379         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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381       elementwise square root
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383          $b = sqrt $a;
384          $a->inplace->sqrt;  # modify $a inplace
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386       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
387       function is used to overload the unary "sqrt" operator/function.
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389       sqrt does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
390       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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392   abs
393         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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395       elementwise absolute value
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397          $b = abs $a;
398          $a->inplace->abs;  # modify $a inplace
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400       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
401       function is used to overload the unary "abs" operator/function.
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403       abs does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
404       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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406   sin
407         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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409       the sin function
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411          $b = sin $a;
412          $a->inplace->sin;  # modify $a inplace
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414       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
415       function is used to overload the unary "sin" operator/function.
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417       sin does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
418       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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420   cos
421         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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423       the cos function
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425          $b = cos $a;
426          $a->inplace->cos;  # modify $a inplace
427
428       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
429       function is used to overload the unary "cos" operator/function.
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431       cos does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
432       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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434   not
435         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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437       the elementwise not operation
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439          $b = ! $a;
440          $a->inplace->not;  # modify $a inplace
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442       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
443       function is used to overload the unary "!" operator/function.
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445       not does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
446       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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448   exp
449         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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451       the exponential function
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453          $b = exp $a;
454          $a->inplace->exp;  # modify $a inplace
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456       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
457       function is used to overload the unary "exp" operator/function.
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459       exp does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
460       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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462   log
463         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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465       the natural logarithm
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467          $b = log $a;
468          $a->inplace->log;  # modify $a inplace
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470       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
471       function is used to overload the unary "log" operator/function.
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473       log does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
474       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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476   log10
477         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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479       the base 10 logarithm
480
481          $b = log10 $a;
482          $a->inplace->log10;  # modify $a inplace
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484       It can be made to work inplace with the "$a->inplace" syntax.  This
485       function is used to overload the unary "log10" operator/function.
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487       log10 does handle bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of all
488       output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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490   assgn
491         Signature: (a(); [o]b())
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493       Plain numerical assignment. This is used to implement the ".=" operator
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495       assgn does not process bad values.  It will set the bad-value flag of
496       all output piddles if the flag is set for any of the input piddles.
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AUTHOR

499       Tuomas J. Lukka (lukka@fas.harvard.edu), Karl Glazebrook
500       (kgb@aaoepp.aao.gov.au), Doug Hunt (dhunt@ucar.edu), Christian Soeller
501       (c.soeller@auckland.ac.nz), Doug Burke (burke@ifa.hawaii.edu), and
502       Craig DeForest (deforest@boulder.swri.edu).
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