--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Script_Functions.tex 2008/06/14 16:41:34 1.10
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Script_Functions.tex 2020/07/29 11:31:02 1.16
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ Safe space scripting environment inside
\item tex({}``a'',''b'') or tex(a,b)
\item var\_in\_tex(a)
\item to\_string(x), to\_string(x,y)
-\item class(), sec()
-\item name(), firstname(), lastname(), student\_number()
+\item class(), sec(), classid()
+\item name(), firstname(), middlename(), lastname(), student\_number()
\item check\_status(partid)
\item open\_date(partid), due\_date(partid), answer\_date(partid)
\item open\_date\_epoch(partid), due\_date\_epoch(partid), answer\_date\_epoch(partid)
@@ -42,6 +42,10 @@ Safe space scripting environment inside
\item map(...)
\item caparesponse\_check
\item caparesponse\_check\_list
+\item parameter\_setting(name,partid)
+\item EXT()
+\item stored\_data(name,partid)
+\item wrong\_bubbles(correct,lower,upper,step,@given)
\end{itemize}
@@ -73,5 +77,42 @@ We also support these functions from Mat
\end{verbatim}
- Please see Math::Cephes for more information
+See https://metacpan.org/pod/Math::Cephes for more information
+
+Support for complex numbers in the Safe space scripting environment is available via the
+LONCAPA::LCMathComplex package, which is the standard Math::Complex module available from CPAN,
+modified to work in Safe space.
+
+These functions from LONCAPA::LCMathComplex are available:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+Re($z)
+Im($z)
+arg($z)
+abs($z)
+\end{verbatim}
+
+where \$z is a complex number created using the Cartesian form,
+where \$a and \$b are numbers in one of the following ways:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+$z = LONCAPA::LCMathComplex->make($a, $b);
+$z = cplx($a, $b);
+$z = $a + $b*i;
+\end{verbatim}
+
+or created using the polar form, where \$m and \$n are numbers, in which the first
+argument is the modulus, and the second is the angle in radians:
+
+\begin{verbatim}
+$z = LONCAPA::LCMathComplex->emake($m, pi/$n);
+$z = cplxe($m, pi/$n);
+\end{verbatim}
+
+Where there is no overlap with function names used for Math::Cephes functions,
+then you can just use the LCMathComplex functions directly, e.g.. \&cplx(), \&Re(), \&Im(),
+but where there is overlap, as is the case for tanh(), to ensure the function from LCMathComplex is called,
+include the full namespace identifier, e.g., &LONCAPA::LCMathComplex::tanh().
+
+See: https://metacpan.org/pod/Math::Complex for more information.