--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Calling_Functions.tex 2002/07/05 16:12:31 1.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Calling_Functions.tex 2011/01/16 22:10:52 1.5
@@ -1,25 +1,26 @@
+\label{Calling_Functions}
With variables, you can store strings or numbers. \textbf{Functions} allow
you to manipulate these strings or numbers. Functions work like mathematical
functions: They take some number of arguments in, and return one argument,
usually a number or a string for our purposes. There are a lot of functions
-available in LON-CAPA. You can see a complete list at http://mileva.lite.msu.edu/loncapadocs/homework/homework5.html.
+available in LON-CAPA. You can see a complete list at
+\ref{all_functions_table}.
+
For now, let's just look at some simple examples.
%
\begin{figure}
-\begin{lyxcode}
\$a~=~-3.0;
\$b~=~\&sin(\$a);
\$c~=~\&pow(3.0,~\&abs(\$a));
-\end{lyxcode}
\caption{Some Function Calls\label{Some Function Calls Figure}}
\end{figure}
In the \textbf{Script} block, function names start with \textbf{\&}. Some
-example function calls are shown in figure \ref{Some Function Calls Figure}.
+example function calls are shown above.
You can see that functions can take either variables, numbers, or the results
of other function calls as parameters. The \texttt{\&sin} function returns
the sine of an angle expressed in radians. \texttt{\&pow} raises the first