Chapter 2. Numbers

Section 2.0.  Introduction

Recipe 2.1.  Checking Whether a Variable Contains a Valid Number

Recipe 2.2.  Comparing Floating-Point Numbers

Recipe 2.3.  Rounding Floating-Point Numbers

Recipe 2.4.  Operating on a Series of Integers

Recipe 2.5.  Generating Random Numbers Within a Range

Recipe 2.6.  Generating Biased Random Numbers

Recipe 2.7.  Taking Logarithms

Recipe 2.8.  Calculating Exponents

Recipe 2.9.  Formatting Numbers

Recipe 2.10.  Formatting Monetary Values

Recipe 2.11.  Printing Correct Plurals

Recipe 2.12.  Calculating Trigonometric Functions

Recipe 2.13.  Doing Trigonometry in Degrees, Not Radians

Recipe 2.14.  Handling Very Large or Very Small Numbers

Recipe 2.15.  Converting Between Bases

Recipe 2.16.  Calculating Using Numbers in Bases Other Than Decimal

Recipe 2.17.  Finding the Distance Between Two Places