polar
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Description
polar
Syntax
polar(cplx, r_format=>fmt, theta_format=>fmt)
Params
cplx is a complex number object (e.g. created with $cplx= new Complex(1,1) )
fmt is a perl (C like format specification) such as "%0.5f" -- 5 decimal place fixed point number
Options
Option key Option value Default r_format the format for the modulus, r (or rho) "%0.3f" theta_format the format for the argument, theta "%0.3f"
Action
Calculates the polar representation of the complex number
Returns
A string representing the complex number using "e to the i theta" notation
