Maths
Maths component in Simplex serves a simple purpose - to provide a large library of number related functions, dealing with vectors, interpolations, trigonometry, time, matrices and other. Due to SGML being a strongly typed language, types are a very important topic when speaking about numbers. A different amount of memory is needed to hold different types of numbers, depending on whether the number is whole and how long it is. float, double and decimal types have fractional part. Not all types are listed below, just the most significant ones:
| Type | Range | Used for |
|---|---|---|
bool |
true & false | Logical switch |
byte |
-256 to 256 | <0..1> is often mapped to <0..256> |
short (int16) |
-32,768 to 32,767 | Generally not used in Simplex |
int (int32) |
-2,147,483,648 to 2,147,483,647 | Used where whole numbers are expected most often |
long (int64) |
-9,223,372,036,854,775,808 to 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 | Generally not used in Simplex |
float (single) |
±1.5 x 10−45 to ±3.4 x 1038 | Used for vector operations |
double |
±5.0 × 10−324 to ±1.7 × 10308 | Standard for most of math operations |
decimal |
±1.0 x 10–28 k ±7.9228 x 1028 | Generally not used in Simplex |
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