Perl Pocket Reference, 5th Edition

Arithmetic Functions

abs expr†

Returns the absolute value of its operand.

atan2 y, x

Returns the arctangent of y/x in the range to .

cos expr†

Returns the cosine of expr (expressed in radians).

exp expr†

Returns e to the power of expr.

int expr†

Returns the integer portion of expr.

log expr†

Returns the natural logarithm (base e) of expr.

rand [ expr ]

Returns a random fractional number between 0 (inclusive) and the value of expr (exclusive). If expr is omitted, it defaults to 1.

sin expr†

Returns the sine of expr (expressed in radians).

sqrt expr†

Returns the square root of expr.

srand [ expr ]

Sets the random number seed for the rand operator.

time

Returns the number of nonleap seconds since whatever time the system considers to be the epoch. Suitable for feeding to gmtime and localtime.