~drizzle-trunk/drizzle/development : contents of docs/mathematical.rst at revision 2104.2.8

1994.4.39 by Marisa Plumb new material to address https://bugs.launchpad.net/drizzle/+bug/684803, new functions	1	Mathematical Functions and Operators
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	4	Mathematical operators are provided for many Drizzle types. ::
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	7	Operator Description Example Result
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	9	+ addition 2 + 3 5
	10	- subtraction 2 - 3 -1
	11	* multiplication 2 * 3 6
	12	/ division 4 / 2 2
	13	% modulo (remainder) 5 % 4 1
	14	\|/ square root \|/ 25.0 5
	15	\|\|/ cube root \|\|/ 27.0 3
	16	! factorial 5 ! 120
	17	!! factorial !! 5 120
	18	@ absolute value @ -5.0 5
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