b

bc(1)

bc(1)

Statements

E

{S ; ... ; S } if ( R ) S while ( R ) S

for ( E ; R ; E ) S null statement break

quit

Function De®nitions:

de®ne L ( L ,..., L ) {

auto L, ... , L S; ... S return ( E )

}

Functions in l Math Library:

Functions in the -lmath library include:

s(x)

sine

c(x)

cosine

e(x)

exponential

l(x)

log

a(x)

arctangent

j(n,x)

Bessel function

All function arguments are passed by value. Trigonometric angles are in radians where 2 pi radians = 360 degrees.

The value of a statement that is an expression is printed unless the main operator is an assignment. No operators are de®ned for strings, but the string is printed if it appears in a context where an expression result would be printed. Either semicolons or new-lines can separate statements. Assignment to scale in¯uences the number of digits to be retained on arithmetic operations in the manner of dc(1). Assignments to ibase or obase set the input and output number radix respectively, again as de®ned by dc(1).

The same letter can be used simultaneously as an array, a function, and a simple variable. All variables are global to the program. ``Auto'' variables are pushed down during function calls. When using arrays as function arguments or de®ning them as automatic variables, empty square brackets must follow the array name.

The % operator yields the remainder at the current scale, not the integer modulus. Thus, at scale 1, 7 % 3 is .1 (one tenth), not 1. This is because (at scale 1) 7 / 3 is 2.3 with .1 as the remainder.

EXAMPLES

De®ne a function to compute an approximate value of the exponential function:

scale = 20 define e(x){

auto a, b, c, i, s a = 1

b = 1 s = 1

for(i=1; 1==1; i++){ a = a*x

b = b*i c = a/b

if(c == 0) return(s) s = s+c

}

}

Print approximate values of the exponential function of the ®rst ten integers.

for(i=1; i<=10; i++) e(i)

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