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Special Characters

Special characters denote operations. The sections following lists all the special characters available in Paracell.

Description: Computes the sum of two numbers

Example:

  x + y

This reads: x plus y

To get this character use: shift and equals keys

Related Topics

add

Description: Computes the difference of two numbers

Example:

  x - y

This reads: x minus y

To get this character use: minus keys

Related Topics

minus

Description: Computes the product of two numbers

Example:

  x * y

This reads: x times y

To get this character use: shift and 8 key

Related Topics

times

Description: Computes the ratio of two numbers

Example:

  x / y

This reads: x divided by y

To get this character use: slash key

Related Topics

divided by

Description:

1. Compares two values. Returns true if equal, false otherwise,

2. Assigns a value to a variable

Example:

  x = y

This reads:

1. x is equal to y

2. set x to y

To get this character use: equal key

Related Topics

equals

Description: Compares two values. Returns true if different, false otherwise

Example:

This reads: x is not equal to y

This is the same as:

x /= y

x <> y

To get this character use: option and equal keys

Related Topics

not

is not

Description: Compares two values. Returns true if first value is greater than the second value

Example:

  x > y

This reads: x is greater than y

To get this character use: shift and period keys

Related Topics

greater than

Description: Compares two values. Returns true if first value is less than the second value

Example:

  x < y

This reads: x is less than y

To get this character use: shift and comma keys

Related Topics

less than

Description: Compares two values. Returns true if value is greater than of equal to the second value

Example:

This reads: x is greater than or equal to y

This is the same as:

x >= y

x => y

To get this character use: option and period keys

Description: Compares two values. Returns true if value is less than of equal to the second value

Example:

This reads: x is less than or equal to y

This is the same as:

x >= y

x => y

To get this character use: option and comma keys

Description: Specifies dgrees as the unit of angle representation

Example:

This reads: the sine of x degrees

To get this character use: control q, and then the option, shift and 8 keys

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