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Chapter 2: Math Operations

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7302ENG.DOC CH2 Math Operations, English Julie Hewlett Revised: 07/29/98 11:58 AM Printed: 05/19/99 8:58

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Find the fractional part of 1

1

/

2

.

1 "

4 1

<

1

=

2

" E b

min( and max(

min( and max( 1

"

5 and 6

5 and 6

These are identical to the

min(

and

max(

commands found on

the - v

MATH

menu.

min(

(minimum) returns the smaller of two values or the

smallest element in one list. value can be a real number,

expression, or a list.
If both arguments are lists, they must have the same number

of elements. If one argument is a list and the other a non-list,

the non-list is compared with each element of the list, and a

list is returned.

min(

valueA,valueB

)

min(

list

)

max(

(maximum) functions exactly like

min(

, but it always

returns the larger of two values or the largest element in a list.

max(

valueA,valueB

)

max(

list

)

For this example, the Decimal mode settings are set to

Float

.

Compare

L

1

and

L

2

to find the

min(

and

max(

.

L

1

={1,2,3}

, and

L

2

={3,2,1}

.

1. Define

L

1

and

L

2

in the List

editor.

3

For more information on entering lists,

see Chapter 5: Lists.

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