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CIGAL Reference Manual, Chapter 3 (Functions):Descriptions of individual functions
Chapter 3 -- Contents
| Accept | get data from keyboard, cursor, screen, or current input |
| Accum | compute a running sum of elements within a variable |
| Acos | calculate arc-cosine of a variable |
| Address | get the physical memory address of a variable |
| Alert | display message window and wait for response |
| Alog | calculate anti-logarithm of a variable |
| Analyze | calculate frequency distribution of values within a variable |
| Angle | calculate the angle formed by three points |
| Area | calculate the area within a polygon |
| Array | allocate memory for an array variable |
| Asin | calculate arc-sine of a variable |
| Atan | calculate the arc tangent of a variable or a ratio |
| Bin | combine input values within interval bins |
| Column | perform arithmetic column by column within a variable |
| Compress | compress a data variable by removing empty values |
| Comread | read from serial communication port |
| Convolve | convolve a variable using a kernel matrix |
| Cos | calculate the cosine of a variable |
| Dialog | get or set menu items in dialog boxes |
| File | assign a data file to a pointer variable |
| Filter | perform a non-convolution neighborhood transform of an image |
| Findvec | find the vector nearest a specified position |
| Fit | fit a straight line to a curve |
| Flip | flip a 2-D variable around the Xor Y axis |
| Format | convert data values to character string, specifying format |
| Getbox | get the upper left and lower right coordinates of a box |
| Getchar | read one character from the keyboard |
| Getfile | get a filename from directory lists interactively |
| Gettxt | read text information from the screen display |
| Getxyz | read the cursor position |
| Getz | read the current Z value (from ZDEV or ZVAL) |
| Import | read data from text file |
| Index | find the position of a value in a variable |
| Integer | convert floating point number to integer value |
| Interpolate | calculate Y values from Xvalues, using a standard curve |
| Lcase | convert a character string to lower case text |
| Length | calculate distance between 2 points or along a vector path |
| Log | calculate the logarithm of a variable |
| Maklut | create a ramped lookup table |
| Map | copy a variable to another through a lookup table |
| Mask | use a mask to select part of a variable |
| Matmul | multiply vectors by a matrix |
| Matrix | allocate memory for a matrix or image variable |
| Max | find the maximum value in a variable, or between 2 variables |
| Mean | calculate the mean value of a variable |
| Measure | calculate the length and area of a vector list |
| Menuitem | get information about menu commands |
| Min | find the minimum value in a variable, or between 2 variables |
| Mode | get information about a variable's data and storage type |
| Parse | parse a text string into separate words |
| Perp | calculate the perpendicular intercept from a point to a line |
| Pointer | create a pointer to a variable |
| Projection | get a variable's scale, offset, rotation, and pin parameters |
| Ramp | generate a ramped sequence of numbers |
| Random | generate a random sequence of numbers |
| Rank | determine the sorted order of elements of a variable |
| Rem | calculate the remainder after performing integer division |
| RGB | convert color data formats |
| Round | convert floating point value to the nearest integer |
| Row | perform arithmetic row by row within a variable |
| Sample | sample data values along a vector path |
| Search | find 1st image value within given intensity range |
| Shift | do bitwise shift of integer data values |
| Sin | calculate the sine of a variable |
| Size | return the number of elements in a variable |
| Smooth | remove kinks by averaging values along a path |
| Solid | allocate memory for a solid variable |
| Sqrt | calculate square root of a variable |
| Stats | return 12 statistics describing a variable |
| Stdev | calculate the standard deviation within a variable |
| Sum | calculate the sum of the values within a variable |
| Sweep | record a number variable and display as on an oscilloscope |
| Time | get current date and time, or elapsed time |
| Trace | generate vector list by tracing an image intensity contour |
| Transform | copy a variable with rotation, scaling, and offset |
| Ucase | convert a character string to upper case text |
| Vector | assign values to a vector variable |
| Vrbxy | get XY position within a WATCHed variable |
| Warp | distort an image by interpolating between fixed points |
| Xor | calculate an operation on 2 variables |
| Zoom | transform a variable by pixel replication or ommision |
| Zproj | Perform arithmetic by z-column within a solid variable |
| () | Group operations within an arithmetic expression |
| == | Logical “is equal to” operator |
| ++ | Auto-increment suffix operator |
| -- | Auto-decrement suffix operator |
| ** | “Raise to the power” operator |
| // | Join operator |
| >> | Append operator |
| + | Addition operator |
| - | Subtraction operator |
| * | Multiplication operator |
| / | Division operator |
| >= | Logical “greater than or equal to” operator |
| > | Logical “greater than” operator |
| <= | Logical “less than or equal to” operator |
| < | Logical “Logical “less than” operator |
| != | Logical “not equal to” operator |
| ! | Bit-wise complement operator, or Factorial operator |
| & | Bit-wise AND operator |
| | | Bit-wise OR operator |
| ? | “Query” operator – gets status of operand |
See Also:
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CIGAL Manual,
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