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LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT has many
arithmetic operations and functions built in. Most of them arestraightforward to use. The
Table below lists some commonly used
scalar operations; in this table,
x and
y are scalars. (A scalar is a single number.)
| Operation | LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT |
|---|---|
x-y | |
x+y | |
x*y | |
x/y | |
x^y | |
exp(x) | |
log10(x) | |
log(x) | |
log2(x) |
Expressions are formed from numbers, variables, and these operations. The operations have different precedences. The
^ operation has the highest precedence;
^ operations are evaluated before any other operations. Multiplication and division have the next highest precedence, and addition and subtraction have the lowest precedence. Precedence is altered by parentheses; expressions within parenthesesare evaluated before expressions outside parentheses.
The Table below shows several mathematical formulas, the corresponding LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT expressions, and the values that LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT would compute for the expressions.
| formula | LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT Expression | Computed Value |
|---|---|---|
5^2+4^2 |
41 | |
(5+4)^2 |
81 | |
(2 + 3)/(4 - 5) |
-5 | |
log10(100) |
2 | |
log(4*(2+3)) |
2.9957 |
In addition to scalars, LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT can operate on matrices. Some common matrix operations are shown in the
Table below; in this table,
M and
N are matrices.
| Operation | LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT |
|---|---|
M*N | |
inv(M) | |
M' | |
| det( ) |
det(M) |
LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT functions
length and
size are used to
find the dimensions of vectors and matrices, respectively.
LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT can perform an operation on each element of a vector or matrix. To perform an arithmetic operation on each element in a vector (or matrix), rather than on the
vector (matrix) itself, then the operator should be preceded by".", e.g
.* ,
.^ and
./ .
Let
.
Then
A^2 will return
,
while
A.^2 will return
.
Given a vector x, compute a vector y having elements
.
This can be easily be done in LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT by typing
y=1./sin(x) Note that using
/ in place of
./ would result in the (common) error
Matrix dimensions must agree .
LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT has excellent support for complex
numbers with several built-in functions available. The imaginaryunit is denoted by
i or (as preferred in electrical engineering)
j .
To create complex variables
and
simply enter
z1 = 7 + j and
z2 = 2*exp(j*pi)
The Table below gives an overview of the basic functions for manipulating complex numbers, where is a complex number.
| LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT | |
|---|---|
| Re( ) |
real(z) |
| Im( ) |
imag(z) |
abs(z) | |
| Angle( ) |
angle(z) |
conj(z) |
b and
B are different variables and LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT will recognize the built-in function
sum but not
SUM . In previous versions, LABVIEW MATHSCRIPT was not case sensitive for function names.... at the end of
the line to indicate it continues on the next line.Splitting
over multiple lines.
y = a...
+ b...c;
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