Crimson Editor::Help Topics::Built-in Calculator

Crimson Editor is equiped with a calculator that can evaluate simple expressions. If you want to calculate a simple expression, use Crimson Editor built-in calculator to get the answer quickly.

Following examples show how to use Crimson Editor built-in calculator.
1. Type in the expression you want to evaluate in Crimson Editor.
    (The whole expression should be written in one line)
2. Press Ctrl+Enter to calculate the expression
    when the caret is in the line of expression.
i.e.
   3.14 * (2.43 + 0.91) <– press Ctrl+Enter when the caret is in the line of expression
   = 10.487600 <– you will get the answer immediately

If you want to use the value that was evaluated in the earler step, use a special variable named $ans. There is another built-in variable named $pi, and the value of the variable $pi is 3.1415926535.
   $ans / $pi
   = 3.338307

Crimson Editor supports basic mathmatics functions which are very similar to those used in C math library.
   sin(1.2) + atan2(3.2, 4.3)
   = 1.571809

Following list shows basic mathmatics functions supported by Crimson Editor.
abs, fabs, mod, fmod, ceil, floor, round, min, max, acos, asin, atan, atan2, cos, sin, tan, cosh, sinh, tanh, exp, log, log10, pow, sqr, sqrt

Date functions, those are frequently used in financial problems, are now available in Crimson Editor 3.45. Following list shows date functions supported by Crimson Editor.
today, yeardays, monthdays, date2days, days2date, eomday, eomdate, weekday, isbizdate, nbizdate, pbizdate, adddays, addmonths, addterms, days360, days365, daysact, daysbet, monthsbet, termsbet, termfrac, yearfrac

 


Mathmatics Functions Top

abs, fabs absolute value functions
fabs(x) returns the absolute value of x, |x|.
mod, fmod remainder functions
fmod(x, y) returns the remainder f of the division of x by y, where f has the same sign as x, such that x=iy+f for some integer i, and |f| < |y|.
ceil ceiling function
ceil(x) returns the smallest integer not less than x.
floor floor function
floor(x) returns the largest integer not greater than x.
round round function
round(x) rounds its argument to the nearest integral value.
min min(x, y) returns the minimum of a pair of values
max max(x, y) returns the maximum of a pair of values
acos arccosine function
acos(x) returns the arccosine of x in the range 0 to pi.
asin arcsine function
asin(x) returns the arcsine of x in the range -pi/2 to pi/2.
atan arctangent function
atan(x) returns the arctangent of x in the range -pi/2 to pi/2.
atan2 arctangent-and-quadrant function
atan2(y, x) returns the arctangent of y/x, in the range -pi to pi, using the signs of both arguments to determine the quadrant of the return value.
cos cosine function
cos(x) returns the cosine of x (x specified in radians).
sin sine function
sin(x) returns the sine of x (x specified in radians).
tan tangent function
tan(x) returns the tangent of x (x specified in radians).
cosh hyperbolic cosine function
cosh(x) returns the hyperbolic cosine of its argument.
sinh hyperbolic sine function
sinh(x) returns the hyperbolic sine of its argument.
tanh hyperbolic tangent function
tanh(x) returns the hyperbolic tangent of its argument.
exp exponential function
exp(x) returns e^x.
log natural logarithm function
log(x) returns the natural logarithm of x. The value of x must be greater than zero.
log10 common logarithm function
log10(x) returns the logarithm base ten of x. The value of x must be greater than zero.
pow power function
pow(x, y) returns x^y. If x is negative, y must be an integer value.
sqr square function
sqr(x) returns x*x.
sqrt square root function
sqrt(x) returns the non-negative square root of x. The value of x must not be less than zero.

 


Date Functions Top

today current date
today() returns the current date as a number.
i.g. 20020807 (Aug. 07, 2002)
yeardays number of days in a year
yeardays(year) returns the actual number of days in the given year.
monthdays number of days in a month
monthdays(year, month) returns the actual number of days in the given month.
date2days date to serial date number conversion
date2days(date) returns the number of days to the given date since the Epoch.
days2date serial date number to date conversion
days2date(days) returns the date calculated from the given number of days since the Epoch.
eomday last day of month
eomday(year, month) returns the last day of the month for the given year and month.
eomdate last date of month
eomdate(year, month) returns the last date of the month for the given year and month.
weekday day of the week
weekday(date) returns the day of the week in numeric form.
weekday: 0 = Sun, 1 = Mon, 2 = Tue, 3 = Wed, 4 = Thu, 5 = Fri, 6 = Sat
isbizdate true for date that is business day
isbizday(date) returns 1 if date is a business day and 0 otherwise.
nbizdate next business day
nbizdate(date) returns the date of the next business day from the reference date.
pbizdate previous business day
pbizdate(date) returns the date of the previous business day from the reference date.
adddays date added by given days
adddays(date, days) returns the reference date added by given days.
addmonths date added by given months
addmonths(date, months, end_month) returns the reference date added by given months.
end_month: 0 = actual, 1 = end month
addterms date added by given terms
addterms(date, terms, frequency, end_month) returns the reference date added by given terms.
frequency: 1 = annual, 2 = semiannual, 4 = quarterly, 6 = bimonthly,
  12 = monthly
end_month: 0 = actual, 1 = end month
days360 days between dates based on 360-day year
days360(start_date, end_date, european) returns the number of days between start_date and end_date based on a 360-day year.
european: 0 = american, 1 = european
days365 days between dates based on 365-day year
days365(start_date, end_date) returns the number of days between start_date and end_date based on a 365-day year.
daysact actual number of days between dates
daysact(start_date, end_date) returns the actual number of days between two dates.
daysbet days between dates for any day-count basis
daysbet(start_date, end_date, basis) returns the number of days between start_date and end_date using the given day-count basis.
basis: 0 = actual/actual, 1 = actual/360, 2 = actual/365, 3 = 30/360,
  4 = 30E/360, 5 = NL/365
monthsbet months between dates
monthsbet(start_date, end_date) returns the number of months between start_date and end_date.
termsbet terms between dates
termsbet(start_date, end_date, frequency) returns the number of terms between start_date and end_date.
frequency: 1 = annual, 2 = semiannual, 4 = quarterly, 6 = bimonthly,
  12 = monthly
termfrac fraction of term between dates
termfrac(start_date, end_date, frequency, basis, end_month) returns a fraction based on the number of days between start_date and end_date using the given day-count basis.
frequency: 1 = annual, 2 = semiannual, 4 = quarterly, 6 = bimonthly,
  12 = monthly
basis: 0 = actual/actual, 1 = actual/360, 2 = actual/365, 3 = 30/360,
  4 = 30E/360, 5 = NL/365
end_month: 0 = actual, 1 = end month
yearfrac fraction of year between dates
yearfrac(start_date, end_date, basis, end_month) returns a fraction based on the number of days between start_date and end_date using the given day-count basis.
basis: 0 = actual/actual, 1 = actual/360, 2 = actual/365, 3 = 30/360,
  4 = 30E/360, 5 = NL/365
end_month: 0 = actual, 1 = end month


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