calc command

Use the calc command to perform simple calculations.

Syntax

calc expression

Parameters

expression

The expression you specify may consist of numbers, operators, and functions. The following operators are supported:

+	plus, unary plus
-	minus, unary minus
*	multiply
/	divide
**	power
%	remainder
&	bitwise AND
\|	bitwise OR
^	bitwise exclusive OR
~	unary bitwise complement.

The following functions are supported:

cos	cosine
max	maximum
min	minimum
random	random number
sin	sine
sqrt	square root
tan	tangent.

Hexadecimal numbers can be entered in the formats exemplified here: 0xAba, xff, #Cafe, x'4f'.

The result is displayed on the message line.

If no parameters are specified, the calc command will use the selection in the current document view, if any, as the expression to calculate.

Status

The status parameter is not affected by this command.

Examples

calc 1024
calc (298 + 584/4) / 111
calc max(3., -1, 5/2, random())