TypstDocumentation

Calculation

Module for calculations and processing of numeric values.

These definitions are part of the calc module and not imported by default. In addition to the functions listed below, the calc module also defines the constants pi, tau, e, inf, and nan.

Functions

abs

Calculates the absolute value of a numeric value.

#calc.abs(-5) \
#calc.abs(5pt - 2cm) \
#calc.abs(2fr)
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value
int or float or length or angle or ratio or fraction
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The value whose absolute value to calculate.

pow

Raises a value to some exponent.

calc.pow() -> intfloat
#calc.pow(2, 3)
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base
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The base of the power.

exponent
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The exponent of the power.

exp

Raises a value to some exponent of e.

calc.exp() -> float
#calc.exp(1)
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exponent
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The exponent of the power.

sqrt

Calculates the square root of a number.

calc.sqrt() -> float
#calc.sqrt(16) \
#calc.sqrt(2.5)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number whose square root to calculate. Must be non-negative.

root

Calculates the real nth root of a number.

If the number is negative, then n must be odd.

calc.root() -> float
#calc.root(16.0, 4) \
#calc.root(27.0, 3)
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radicand
float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The expression to take the root of

index
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

Which root of the radicand to take

sin

Calculates the sine of an angle.

When called with an integer or a float, they will be interpreted as radians.

calc.sin() -> float
#assert(calc.sin(90deg) == calc.sin(-270deg))
#calc.sin(1.5) \
#calc.sin(90deg)
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angle
int or float or angle
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The angle whose sine to calculate.

cos

Calculates the cosine of an angle.

When called with an integer or a float, they will be interpreted as radians.

calc.cos() -> float
#calc.cos(90deg) \
#calc.cos(1.5) \
#calc.cos(90deg)
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angle
int or float or angle
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The angle whose cosine to calculate.

tan

Calculates the tangent of an angle.

When called with an integer or a float, they will be interpreted as radians.

calc.tan() -> float
#calc.tan(1.5) \
#calc.tan(90deg)
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angle
int or float or angle
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The angle whose tangent to calculate.

asin

Calculates the arcsine of a number.

calc.asin() -> angle
#calc.asin(0) \
#calc.asin(1)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number whose arcsine to calculate. Must be between -1 and 1.

acos

Calculates the arccosine of a number.

calc.acos() -> angle
#calc.acos(0) \
#calc.acos(1)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number whose arcsine to calculate. Must be between -1 and 1.

atan

Calculates the arctangent of a number.

calc.atan() -> angle
#calc.atan(0) \
#calc.atan(1)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number whose arctangent to calculate.

atan2

Calculates the four-quadrant arctangent of a coordinate.

The arguments are (x, y), not (y, x).

calc.atan2() -> angle
#calc.atan2(1, 1) \
#calc.atan2(-2, -3)
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x
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The X coordinate.

y
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The Y coordinate.

sinh

Calculates the hyperbolic sine of a hyperbolic angle.

calc.sinh() -> float
#calc.sinh(0) \
#calc.sinh(1.5)
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value
float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The hyperbolic angle whose hyperbolic sine to calculate.

cosh

Calculates the hyperbolic cosine of a hyperbolic angle.

calc.cosh() -> float
#calc.cosh(0) \
#calc.cosh(1.5)
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value
float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The hyperbolic angle whose hyperbolic cosine to calculate.

tanh

Calculates the hyperbolic tangent of an hyperbolic angle.

calc.tanh() -> float
#calc.tanh(0) \
#calc.tanh(1.5)
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value
float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The hyperbolic angle whose hyperbolic tangent to calculate.

log

Calculates the logarithm of a number.

If the base is not specified, the logarithm is calculated in base 10.

calc.log() -> float
#calc.log(100)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number whose logarithm to calculate. Must be strictly positive.

base

The base of the logarithm. May not be zero.

Default: 10.0

ln

Calculates the natural logarithm of a number.

calc.ln() -> float
#calc.ln(calc.e)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number whose logarithm to calculate. Must be strictly positive.

fact

Calculates the factorial of a number.

calc.fact() -> int
#calc.fact(5)
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number
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number whose factorial to calculate. Must be non-negative.

perm

Calculates a permutation.

Returns the k-permutation of n, or the number of ways to choose k items from a set of n with regard to order.

calc.perm() -> int
$ "perm"(n, k) &= n!/((n - k)!) \
  "perm"(5, 3) &= #calc.perm(5, 3) $
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base
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The base number. Must be non-negative.

numbers
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number of permutations. Must be non-negative.

binom

Calculates a binomial coefficient.

Returns the k-combination of n, or the number of ways to choose k items from a set of n without regard to order.

calc.binom() -> int
#calc.binom(10, 5)
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n
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The upper coefficient. Must be non-negative.

k
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The lower coefficient. Must be non-negative.

gcd

Calculates the greatest common divisor of two integers.

calc.gcd() -> int
#calc.gcd(7, 42)
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a
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The first integer.

b
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The second integer.

lcm

Calculates the least common multiple of two integers.

calc.lcm() -> int
#calc.lcm(96, 13)
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a
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The first integer.

b
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The second integer.

floor

Rounds a number down to the nearest integer.

If the number is already an integer, it is returned unchanged.

calc.floor() -> int
#assert(calc.floor(3.14) == 3)
#assert(calc.floor(3) == 3)
#calc.floor(500.1)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to round down.

ceil

Rounds a number up to the nearest integer.

If the number is already an integer, it is returned unchanged.

calc.ceil() -> int
#assert(calc.ceil(3.14) == 4)
#assert(calc.ceil(3) == 3)
#calc.ceil(500.1)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to round up.

trunc

Returns the integer part of a number.

If the number is already an integer, it is returned unchanged.

calc.trunc() -> int
#assert(calc.trunc(3) == 3)
#assert(calc.trunc(-3.7) == -3)
#calc.trunc(15.9)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to truncate.

fract

Returns the fractional part of a number.

If the number is an integer, returns 0.

calc.fract() -> intfloat
#assert(calc.fract(3) == 0)
#calc.fract(-3.1)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to truncate.

round

Rounds a number to the nearest integer.

Optionally, a number of decimal places can be specified.

calc.round() -> intfloat
#assert(calc.round(3.14) == 3)
#assert(calc.round(3.5) == 4)
#calc.round(3.1415, digits: 2)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to round.

digits

The number of decimal places.

Default: 0

clamp

Clamps a number between a minimum and maximum value.

#assert(calc.clamp(5, 0, 10) == 5)
#assert(calc.clamp(5, 6, 10) == 6)
#calc.clamp(5, 0, 4)
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value
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to clamp.

min
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The inclusive minimum value.

max
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The inclusive maximum value.

min

Determines the minimum of a sequence of values.

calc.min(
..any
) -> any
#calc.min(1, -3, -5, 20, 3, 6) \
#calc.min("typst", "in", "beta")
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values
any
RequiredPositional
Question mark
Variadic
Question mark

The sequence of values from which to extract the minimum. Must not be empty.

max

Determines the maximum of a sequence of values.

calc.max(
..any
) -> any
#calc.max(1, -3, -5, 20, 3, 6) \
#calc.max("typst", "in", "beta")
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values
any
RequiredPositional
Question mark
Variadic
Question mark

The sequence of values from which to extract the maximum. Must not be empty.

even

Determines whether an integer is even.

calc.even() -> bool
#calc.even(4) \
#calc.even(5) \
#range(10).filter(calc.even)
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value
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to check for evenness.

odd

Determines whether an integer is odd.

calc.odd() -> bool
#calc.odd(4) \
#calc.odd(5) \
#range(10).filter(calc.odd)
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value
int
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The number to check for oddness.

rem

Calculates the remainder of two numbers.

The value calc.rem(x, y) always has the same sign as x, and is smaller in magnitude than y.

calc.rem() -> intfloat
#calc.rem(7, 3) \
#calc.rem(7, -3) \
#calc.rem(-7, 3) \
#calc.rem(-7, -3) \
#calc.rem(1.75, 0.5)
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dividend
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The dividend of the remainder.

divisor
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The divisor of the remainder.

div-euclid

Performs euclidean division of two numbers.

The result of this computation is that of a division rounded to the integer n such that the dividend is greater than or equal to n times the divisor.

calc.div-euclid() -> intfloat
#calc.div-euclid(7, 3) \
#calc.div-euclid(7, -3) \
#calc.div-euclid(-7, 3) \
#calc.div-euclid(-7, -3) \
#calc.div-euclid(1.75, 0.5)
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dividend
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The dividend of the division.

divisor
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The divisor of the division.

rem-euclid

This calculates the least nonnegative remainder of a division.

Warning: Due to a floating point round-off error, the remainder may equal the absolute value of the divisor if the dividend is much smaller in magnitude than the divisor and the dividend is negative. This only applies for floating point inputs.

calc.rem-euclid() -> intfloat
#calc.rem-euclid(7, 3) \
#calc.rem-euclid(7, -3) \
#calc.rem-euclid(-7, 3) \
#calc.rem-euclid(-7, -3) \
#calc.rem(1.75, 0.5)
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dividend
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The dividend of the remainder.

divisor
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The divisor of the remainder.

quo

Calculates the quotient (floored division) of two numbers.

calc.quo() -> int
$ "quo"(a, b) &= floor(a/b) \
  "quo"(14, 5) &= #calc.quo(14, 5) \
  "quo"(3.46, 0.5) &= #calc.quo(3.46, 0.5) $
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dividend
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The dividend of the quotient.

divisor
int or float
RequiredPositional
Question mark

The divisor of the quotient.