Working With Numeric Data in Recital

Certain set commands change the display format of numeric data:

set decimals to <places as numeric>

set fixed on | off

set point to [<point as character>]

set separator to [<separator as character>]

numeric = abs(numeric)

cast() - perform data type conversion
chr() - perform numeric to ASCII character conversion
ctrl() - return the numeric value of a control character
currency() - perform numeric to currency string conversion
etos() - perform expression to string conversion
int() - return the integer value of a numeric
str() - perform numeric to string conversion
strzero() - perform numeric to zero left-padded string conversion
transform() - perform expression to string conversion based on a picture formatting clause
val() - perform string to numeric conversion

acos() - calculate the angle size in radians of a cosine
asin() - calculate the angle size of any given sine value
atan() - calulate the angle size of a given tangent value
atn2() - calculate the angle size for the specified cosine and sine values of a given point
between() - determine whether an expression is between two other specified expressions
celing() - calculate the smallest integer that is greater than or equal to a given value
cos() - calculate the cosine of an angle in radians
dtor() - perform degree to radian conversion
exp() - calculate exponential value
floor() - calculate the largest integer that is less than or equal to a given number
lennum() - calculate the length of a numeric value
log() - calculate natural logarithm value
log10() - calculate base 10 logarithm value
max() - calculate the greater of two values
min() - calculate the lesser of two values
mod() - calculate the division remainder
percent() - calculate percentage
pi() - return the value of pi
rand() - return a random number
round() - return a rounded numeric
rtod() - perform radian to degree conversion
sign() - return the sign of a numeric value
sin() - calculate the sine of an angle in radians
sqrt() - calculate a square root
tan() - calculate the tangent of an angle in radians

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