tmpindex.xml

By Tom Christiansen and Nathan Torkington ISBN 1-56592-243-3 First Edition, published August 1998

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<primary>Math::TrulyRandom
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-230" file="ch02_11.htm" sect="2.10.1. Problem ">
<primary>biased random
numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-231" file="ch02_11.htm" sect="2.10.1. Problem ">
<primary>random</primary>
<secondary>numbers</secondary>
<tertiary>biasing</tertiary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-232" file="ch02_11.htm" sect="2.10.1. Problem ">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>random</secondary>
<tertiary>biasing</tertiary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-233" file="ch02_11.htm" sect="2.10.2. Solution ">
<primary>gaussian_rand( )
(example)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-234" file="ch02_11.htm" sect="2.10.2. Solution ">
<primary>weighted_rand( )
(example)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-323" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>trigonometry</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-324" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>trigonometry</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-325" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>degrees vs. radians</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-326" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>angles in degrees vs. radians</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-327" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>radians vs. degrees</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-328" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>converting</primary>
<secondary>degrees and radians</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-242" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.2. Solution ">
<primary>Math::Trig
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-243" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.3. Discussion ">
<primary>rad2deg( )
(example)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-244" file="ch02_12.htm" sect="2.11.3. Discussion ">
<primary>deg2rad( )
(example)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-250" file="ch02_13.htm" sect="2.12.2. Solution ">
<primary>sin( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-251" file="ch02_13.htm" sect="2.12.2. Solution ">
<primary>cos( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-252" file="ch02_13.htm" sect="2.12.2. Solution ">
<primary>tan( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-253" file="ch02_13.htm" sect="2.12.2. Solution ">
<primary>POSIX
module</primary>
<secondary>trigonometric
functions</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-344" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.1. Problem &#10;&#10;">
<primary>logarithms</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-345" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.1. Problem &#10;&#10;">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>logarithms</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-257" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.2. Solution ">
<primary>log( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-258" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.2. Solution ">
<primary>natural logarithms</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-259" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.2. Solution ">
<primary>log10( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-260" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.3. Discussion ">
<primary>log_base( )
(example)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-261" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.3. Discussion ">
<primary>Math::Complex module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-262" file="ch02_14.htm" sect="2.13.3. Discussion ">
<primary>logn( )
(Math::Complex)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-352" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>arithmetic</primary>
<secondary>matrix multiplication</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-353" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>matrix multiplication</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-354" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>arrays</primary>
<secondary>matrix multiplication</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-355" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>matrix multiplication</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-356" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>multiplication</primary>
<secondary sortas="matrices">of matrices</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-263" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.2. Solution ">
<primary>PDL
modules</primary>
<secondary>matrix
multiplication</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-264" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.3. Discussion ">
<primary>x
operator</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-265" file="ch02_15.htm" sect="2.14.3. Discussion ">
<primary>multiplication</primary>
<secondary>x
operator</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-366" file="ch02_16.htm" sect="2.15.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>complex numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-367" file="ch02_16.htm" sect="2.15.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>Math::Complex module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-368" file="ch02_16.htm" sect="2.15.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>complex (imaginary)</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-369" file="ch02_16.htm" sect="2.15.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>imaginary numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-370" file="ch02_16.htm" sect="2.15.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>arithmetic</primary>
<secondary>complex (imaginary) numbers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-277" file="ch02_17.htm" sect="2.16.1. Problem ">
<primary>converting</primary>
<secondary>octal
and hexadecimal numbers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-278" file="ch02_17.htm" sect="2.16.1. Problem ">
<primary>octal
numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-279" file="ch02_17.htm" sect="2.16.1. Problem ">
<primary>hexadecimal
numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-280" file="ch02_17.htm" sect="2.16.1. Problem ">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>octal
and hexadecimal</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-281" file="ch02_17.htm" sect="2.16.1. Problem ">
<primary>decimal
numbers, converting</primary>
<secondary>octal and hexadecimal
numbers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-282" file="ch02_17.htm" sect="2.16.2. Solution ">
<primary>oct( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-283" file="ch02_17.htm" sect="2.16.2. Solution ">
<primary>hex( )</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-383" file="ch02_18.htm" sect="2.17.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>comma (,)</primary>
<secondary sortas="numbers">in numbers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-384" file="ch02_18.htm" sect="2.17.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>adding commas to</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-385" file="ch02_18.htm" sect="2.17.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>parsing</primary>
<secondary>commas into numbers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-386" file="ch02_18.htm" sect="2.17.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>dot (.) periods in numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-387" file="ch02_18.htm" sect="2.17.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary sortas="dot in numbers">. in numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-388" file="ch02_18.htm" sect="2.17.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>periods (.) in numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-284" file="ch02_18.htm" sect="2.17.3. Discussion ">
<primary>commify( )
(example)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-396" file="ch02_19.htm" sect="2.18.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>strings</primary>
<secondary>plurals based on numbers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-397" file="ch02_19.htm" sect="2.18.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>plural words based on</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-398" file="ch02_19.htm" sect="2.18.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>words</primary>
<secondary>pluralizing, based on numbers</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-399" file="ch02_19.htm" sect="2.18.1. Problem &#10;&#10;&#10;&#10;">
<primary>pluralizing words</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-291" file="ch02_19.htm" sect="2.18.2. Solution ">
<primary>Lingua::EN::Inflect
module</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-297" file="ch02_20.htm" sect="2.19. Program: Calculating Prime Factors ">
<primary>numbers</primary>
<secondary>primes,
calculating</secondary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-298" file="ch02_20.htm" sect="2.19. Program: Calculating Prime Factors ">
<primary>calculating prime
numbers</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-299" file="ch02_20.htm" sect="2.19. Program: Calculating Prime Factors ">
<primary>prime numbers,
calculating</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-300" file="ch02_20.htm" sect="2.19. Program: Calculating Prime Factors ">
<primary>bigfact program (example)</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-305" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>date and
time</primary>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-306" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>time</primary>
<see>date and
time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-307" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>seconds</primary>
<see>date and
time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-308" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>minutes</primary>
<see>date
and time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-309" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>hours</primary>
<see>date and
time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-310" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>days</primary>
<see>date
and time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-311" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>years</primary>
<see>date and
time</see>
</indexterm>

<indexterm xmlns:xt="http://www.jclark.com/xt" id="INDEX-312" file="ch03_01.htm" sect="3.0. Introduction ">
<primary>months</primary>