DADiSP Worksheet Functions > Function Categories > Generated Series > GNUMBER

 

GNUMBER

Purpose:

Generates a series consisting of a range of numbers.

Syntax:

GNUMBER(start, end, increment)

start

-

A real. Starting value for the range.

end

-

A real. Ending value for the range.

increment

-

Optional. A real. Step size for the range. Defaults to 1.0.

Returns:

A series.

Example:

gnumber(1, 5)

 

returns a series {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}

Example:

gnumber(1, 5, .8)

 

returns a series {1, 1.8, 2.6, 3.4, 4.2, 5}. This is equivalent to 1..0.8..5.

Remarks:

gnumber(start, end, inc) can be implemented as:

 

gline(int((end-start)/inc)+1, 1, inc, start)

See Also:

.. (Range Specifier)

GLINE

LINSPACE

LOGSPACE