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fubli
Marine
Posted: 21 Dec 2006
19:37 GMT
Total Posts: 21 | What exacly are complex numbers and how would you use them in a program? Examples Please! |
haveacalc
Guardian
Posted: 22 Dec 2006
14:23 GMT
Total Posts: 1111 | Pretty much all floating point number variables you have to work with (including those in lists) are complex numbers, which means that they each hold a real and imaginary value (a+bi). You can always access the "a" of a complex variable with real(, but there's no reason to use it unless "b" is nonzero. Likewise, access "b", the imaginary coefficient, using imag(.
The main reason to use number variables complexly, besides avoiding lists, is to just save space. Since each number variable takes up only 18 bytes each, I wouldn't bother with it unless you're making something kinda big.
Yay, knowledge!
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Zachary940
Wraith
Posted: 22 Dec 2006
21:35 GMT
Total Posts: 714 | and i thought i would never use what I learn in Trig
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