NAME

Math::Fortran - Perl implimentations of Fortrans sign and log10

SYNOPSIS

use Math::Fortran qw(log10 sign);
$v=log10($x);
$v=sign($y);
$v=sign($x,$y);

DESCRIPTION

This module provides and exports some mathematical functions which are built in in Fortran but not in Perl. Currently there are only 2 included.

log10()

Log to the base of 10

sign()

With 1 parameter, +1 if $y >= 0, -1 otherwise. With 2 parameters +abs($x) if $y >= 0, -abs($x) otherwise.

BUGS

I welcome other entries for this module and bug reports.

AUTHOR

John A.R. Williams J.A.R.Williams@aston.ac.uk

John M. Gamble jgamble@cpan.org (current maintainer)