From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Achim Gratz Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#16706: emacs 24.3.1; calc/A command Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:23:27 +0100 Message-ID: <87r47abzds.fsf@Rainer.invalid> References: <1F934FE7-2092-4CDE-BAB6-14A81104CD47@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1392056651 27974 80.91.229.3 (10 Feb 2014 18:24:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:24:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 16706@debbugs.gnu.org To: Bart Nielsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 10 19:24:19 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWk-00035b-Me for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:24:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57238 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWj-0003Ni-Ve for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:24:17 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:47305) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWa-0003NQ-VA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:24:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWU-0001gO-He for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:24:08 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:33775) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWU-0001gI-74 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:24:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWT-000708-NB for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:24:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Achim Gratz Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:24:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 16706 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 16706-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B16706.139205662826893 (code B ref 16706); Mon, 10 Feb 2014 18:24:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 16706) by debbugs.gnu.org; 10 Feb 2014 18:23:48 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41670 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWF-0006zh-U8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:23:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-05.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.45]:54112) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCvWC-0006zQ-BE for 16706@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 13:23:46 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-in-18-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-18-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.35]) by mx.arcor.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id DEE29E3BAA; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:23:37 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (mail-in-14.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.54]) by mail-in-18-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id E00B53481C4; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:23:34 +0100 (CET) X-Greylist: Passed host: 217.235.21.136 X-DKIM: Sendmail DKIM Filter v2.8.2 mail-in-14.arcor-online.net B236D9BE6D DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=nexgo.de; s=mail-in; t=1392056614; bh=iA6lHkNfUNjOPvIwmusQdHaE/yoAO5QWAZmpBxonbSA=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=m73BuEKkkT3KUj3hbEpquzigqkAo3bBQ1lYvRNqOnjwlc8jcQeK1NewDzU/3vWJuD Z/H28GbcnnqdoWY2fA63oksMHD0OvK09+phW8iiX/cRbs+VEpKw6u7Kumln2XITiPd XBLCB//klpywLnopxKyW/fYLB6ah1hPXc6ow2AW8= X-Greylist: Passed host: 217.235.21.136 Original-Received: from Rainer.invalid (pD9EB1588.dip0.t-ipconnect.de [217.235.21.136]) (Authenticated sender: stromeko@arcor.de) by mail-in-14.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B236D9BE6D; Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:23:34 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: <1F934FE7-2092-4CDE-BAB6-14A81104CD47@gmail.com> (Bart Nielsen's message of "Mon, 10 Feb 2014 06:15:07 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85295 Archived-At: Bart Nielsen writes: > A returns > 47.1168759576 > > > q1: How do I figure out what A is doing? The result indicates that it returns the vector magnitude or absolute of the vector, which is exactly twice the RMS value for a four-element vector. In other words, you'd need to divide by sqrt(n) after A. Looking up "A" through the index leads to a correct description of what it does. Regards, Achim. -- +<[Q+ Matrix-12 WAVE#46+305 Neuron microQkb Andromeda XTk Blofeld]>+ Factory and User Sound Singles for Waldorf Blofeld: http://Synth.Stromeko.net/Downloads.html#WaldorfSounds