GNU bug report logs - #16706
emacs 24.3.1; calc/A command

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bart Nielsen <bart.utahman <at> gmail.com>

Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 11:16:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Done: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 16706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Achim Gratz <Stromeko <at> nexgo.de>
To: Bart Nielsen <bart.utahman <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 16706 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#16706: emacs 24.3.1; calc/A command
Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2014 19:23:27 +0100

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.
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