Toshiba STE 58762 instruction manual － 2-15 －

STE 58762

(2) Computation of scalar type data

Scalar type data can be used in calculations in combination with computational operands. However, should even one number in an expression be a real number, the output of that expression will also be a real number. Also, the following functions will all return a real number.

SIN, COS, TAN, ASIN, ACOS, ATAN, ATAN2, SQRT, REAL, LN, LOG10, EXP

When the variable on the left side of the equation is an integer type and the output of the calculation is not an integer, the output will be converted into an integer before being assigned to the variable. Do not forget, however, that all decimal points are chopped off when a real number is converted to an integer. On the other hand, when converting from an integer to a real number, the number of significant digits is limited. When you want to make it clear what kind of data type you are dealing with, use the INT or REAL command.

Note that character strings cannot be used in calculations. Calculations may be carried out between the elements of vector-type variables and scalar data. In this case, an element specifier is appended to the end of a vector-type variable to specify the element which is involved in the calculation. The value of the element is then drawn out from the vector-type variable and used in the calculation.

As element specifiers, ".X", ".Y", ".Z", ".C" and ".T" may be used. You may also numerically specify the element position with ".1", ".2", ".3", ".4" and ".5."

Examples:

A = POINT1.X/25

GAIN={GAIN. l,GAIN.2,0,0,0}

Note)

You can only use this to return the value of an element from the inside of a vector-type variable. You cannot change the value of the element itself.

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