Mathematische Ausdrücke

In some dialog boxes (e.g., coordinate-edition, emission-edition, printer setup, legend/title-block edition), it is possible to use mathematical expressions. The following table presents the supported constants, functions, operators, etc.

supported constants, functions, operators, etc.	examples / comments
integer and real numbers	200, 200.0, 2e2
constant pi	approximate value of
context-specific symbols (usually prefixed with $)	$z usually represents the Z-coordinate
elementary arithmetic operations	2*2-8/2*(1+3)
energetic addition and subtraction (+' and -')	100+'100 yields approx. 103
exponentiation	2^3 yields 8; 2**3 yields 8 too; sqrt(4) yields 2
exponential and logarithmic functions	exp(2), log(10), ln(2.718)
trigonometric functions	sin(pi/2) yields 1
rounding functions	round(2.5) yields 3; trunc(2.5) yields 2
absolute-value and sign functions	abs(-3) yields 3; sign(-3) yields -1
maximum and minimum functions	max(2,5) yields 5
a degree symbol after a number converts it to degrees (multiplies it with pi/180)	cos(60°) yields 0.5