Functions
Integer	addBitToMask (mask, bit)

String	bit ()

String	bitInverse ()

String	bits ()

Float	mAbs (val)

Float	mAcos (val)

Float	mAsin (val)

Float	mAtan (val)

Integer	mCeil (val)

Float	mClamp (float number, float min, float max)

Float	mCos (val)

Float	mDegToRad (val)

String	mFloatLength (val, numDecimals)

Integer	mFloor (val)

Float	mGetMax (a, b)

Float	mGetMin (a, b)

Float	mLog (val)

Float	mPow (val, power)

Float	mRadToDeg (val)

Float	mRound (float v)

Float	mSin (val)

String	mSolveCubic (float a, float b, float c, float d)

String	mSolveQuadratic (float a, float b, float c)

String	mSolveQuartic (float a, float b, float c, float d, float e)

Float	mSqrt (val)

Float	mTan (val)

Integer	removeBitFromMask (mask, bit)

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

Integer addBitToMask	(	mask	,
		bit
	)

Returns the mask with a bit added to it

String bit ( )

Converts a bit-position into a value.

String bitInverse ( )

Returns the ones complement of a bit.

String bits ( )

Converts a list of bit-positions into a value.

Float mAbs ( val )

Use the mAbs function to get the magnitude of val.

Parameters

val	An integer or a floating-point value.

Returns: Returns the magnitude of val

Float mAcos ( val )

Use the mAcos function to get the inverse cosine of val in degrees.

Parameters

val	A value between -1.0 and 1.0 equal to the cosine of some angle theta.

Returns: Returns the inverse cosine of val in radians. This value will be in the range [ 0 , 180 ].

See also: mCos

Float mAsin ( val )

Use the mAsin function to get the inverse sine of val in degrees.

Parameters

val	A value between -1.0 and 1.0 equal to the sine of some angle theta.

Returns: Returns the inverse sine of val in degrees. This value will be in the range [ -90, 90 ].

See also: mSin

Float mAtan ( val )

Use the mAtan function to get the inverse tangent of rise/run in degrees. May be called as mAtan( deltaX, deltaY ) or mAtan( "deltaX deltaY" ).

Parameters

x-axis	run Horizontal component of a line.
y-axis	rise Vertical component of a line.

Returns: Returns the slope in degrees (the arc-tangent) of a line with the given run and rise.

See also: mTan

Integer mCeil ( val )

Use the mCeil function to calculate the next highest integer value from val.

Parameters

val	A floating-point value.

Returns: Returns an integer representing the next highest integer from val.

See also: mFloor

Float mClamp	(	float	number,
		float	min,
		float	max
	)

Clamp a value between two other values.

Parameters

number	A float value representing the number to clamp
min	The lower bound
max	The upper bound

Returns: A float value the is within the given range

Float mCos ( val )

Use the mCos function to get the cosine of the angle val.

Parameters

val	A value in degrees.

Returns: Returns the cosine of val. This value will be in the range [ -1.0 , 1.0 ].

See also: mAcos

Float mDegToRad ( val )

Use the mDegToRad function to convert degrees to radians.

Parameters

val	A floating-point number representing some number of degrees.

Returns: Returns the equivalent of the degree value val in radians.

See also: mRadToDeg

String mFloatLength	(	val	,
		numDecimals
	)

Use the mFloatLength function to limit the number of decimal places in val to numDecimals.

Parameters

val	A floating-point value.
numDecimals	An integer between 0 and inf representing the number of decimal places to allow val to have.

Returns: Returns a floating-point value equivalent to a truncated version of val, where the new version has numDecimals decimal places

Integer mFloor ( val )

Use the mFloor function to calculate the next lowest integer value from val.

Parameters

val	A floating-point value.

Returns: Returns an integer representing the next lowest integer from val.

See also: mCeil

Float mGetMax	(	a	,
		b
	)

Returns the Maximum of two values.

Float mGetMin	(	a	,
		b
	)

Returns the Minimum of two values.

Float mLog ( val )

Use the mLog function to calculate the natural logarithm of val.

Parameters

val	A numeric value.

Returns: Returns the natural logarithm of val

Float mPow	(	val	,
		power
	)

Use the mPow function to calculated val raised to the power of power.

Parameters

val	A numeric (integer or floating-point) value to be raised to a power.
power	A numeric (integer or floating-point) power to raise val to.

Returns: Returns val^power

Float mRadToDeg ( val )

Use the mRadToDeg function to convert radians to degrees.

Parameters

val	A floating-point number representing some number of radians.

Returns: Returns the equivalent of the radian value val in degrees.

See also: mDegToRad

Float mRound ( float v )

Rounds a number. 0.5 is rounded up.

Parameters

val	A floating-point value

Returns: Returns the integer value closest to the given float

Float mSin ( val )

Use the mSin function to get the sine of the angle val.

Parameters

val	A value in degrees.

Returns: Returns the sine of val. This value will be in the range [ -1.0 , 1.0 ].

See also: mAsin

String mSolveCubic	(	float	a,
		float	b,
		float	c,
		float	d
	)

Solve a cubic equation of form a*x^3 + b*x^2 + c*x + d = 0.

Returns: A 4-tuple, contanining: sol x0 x1 x2. sol is the number of solutions (being 0, 1, 2, or 3), and x0, x1, x2 are the solutions, if any. Unused x's are undefined.

String mSolveQuadratic	(	float	a,
		float	b,
		float	c
	)

Solve a quadratic equation of form a*x^2 + b*x + c = 0.

Returns: A triple, contanining: sol x0 x1. sol is the number of solutions (being 0, 1, or 2), and x0 and x1 are the solutions, if any. Unused x's are undefined.

String mSolveQuartic	(	float	a,
		float	b,
		float	c,
		float	d,
		float	e
	)

Solve a quartic equation of form a*x^4 + b*x^3 + c*x^2 + d*x + e = 0.

Returns: A 5-tuple, contanining: sol x0 x1 x2 x3. sol is the number of solutions (ranging from 0-4), and x0, x1, x2 and x3 are the solutions, if any. Unused x's are undefined.

Float mSqrt ( val )

Use the mSqrt function to calculated the square root of val.

Parameters

val	A numeric value.

Returns: Returns the the squareroot of val

Float mTan ( val )

Use the mTan function to get the tangent of the angle val.

Parameters

val	A value in degrees.

Returns: Returns the tangent of val. This value will be in the range [ -inf.0 , inf.0 ].

See also: mAtan

Integer removeBitFromMask	(	mask	,
		bit
	)

Returns the mask with a bit removed from it

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