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SOU is a num eric f un cti o n w h i ch re tu rn s the s qu are o f i t s numeric arg u m e nt.
S Q U 3 i s 9 .
i SQU numeric e x p res s i on
SOR i s a n u meric f un c tion w h ic h r e turn s t h e sq u a r e r oot of i ts argumen t. It i s i d e nt ical
to the use of t h e s p ec i a l s q uare roo t sy mbo l (V ) o n t he keyboa rd . S OR 4 is 2 .
1 SQR nu meri c ex pression
S IN i s a nu me ri c f un c t ion w h ich ret urn s the s in e of the ang l e a rg ument. T he value
ret urn ed d epend s on wh e t he r the COMPUTER is in d ec im a l d egree , r ad i an , or g r a d
mode for ang les . SI N 30 i s 0 . 5 i n deci m a l degrees .
SGN i s a n um e r ic f un c ti on w h ic h returns a valu e bas e d on t h e s i g n o f the argument. I f
t h e ar gu m en t i s posi t i v e , t he r esult i s 1; if t h e argum ent is zero , the r e s u l t i s O ; if the
a r gu m ent is ne ga ti ve, th e res u lt i s ~1. SGN - 5 is -1 _
[ - 1 - SIN n um er i c e x pr ess i o n
1 SGN nu m e r i c e x p r e ss i o n
R OT is a n umeri c fu n c t i o n wh i ch returns th e p owe r roo t of its arg u ment.
1 25 R O T 3 i s 5 .
(i . e .: ~ 125 s h o u ld be en tered a s 1 2 5 R O T 3.)
1 nu meric e x pre ss ion RO T n um e ri c expression
T he s a m e s equence of ra n dom nu mbers i s n ormally gen e ra t ed beca u se t h e same
" seed" i s use d each time the COMPUTER is t u rn e d on . T o r andomize the se ed , see
the RANDO M verb.
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