mag

Contents: Description, Arguments, Usage, Examples, Sub-Functions, Related Functions, Source Supported Under Version: >1.00 Current .dvrc Version: 1.29 Description Order of magnitude (power of 10). Arguments and Return Values Arguments: A numeric array (any format; negative values OK) Return Value: A numeric array (format short) containing the magnitude of the input If no arguments are input, mag() prints its description, as shown below. Usage Syntax: mag(x) 'x' - a numeric array (any format) Examples dv> mag() Magnitude (power of 10) of input mag(x) returns short(floor(log10(abs(x)))) Works for arrays S.Marshall 12-06-2007 0 dv> mag(10//30//100//300//1000) 5x1x1 array of short, bsq format [10 bytes] 1 1 2 2 3 dv> mag(0.01//0.03//0.1//0.3//1.) 5x1x1 array of short, bsq format [10 bytes] -2 -2 -1 -1 0 dv> mag(-1000//-10//0//100) 4x1x1 array of short, bsq format [8 bytes] 3 1 -32768 2

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