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\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.
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}.
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
parameter to the power of the second parameter. \texttt{\&abs} returns the
absolute value of the argument.

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