NAME¶

Template::Plugin::Math - Plugin providing mathematical functions

SYNOPSIS¶

    [% USE Math %]
    [% Math.sqrt(9) %]

DESCRIPTION¶

The Math plugin provides numerous mathematical functions for use within templates.

METHODS¶

"Template::Plugin::Math" makes available the following functions from the Perl core:

abs

atan2

cos

exp

hex

int

log

oct

rand

sin

sqrt

srand

In addition, if the Math::Trig module can be loaded, the following functions are also available:

pi

tan

csc

cosec

sec

cot

cotan

asin

acos

atan

acsc

acosec

asec

acot

acotan

sinh

cosh

tanh

csch

cosech

sech

coth

cotanh

asinh

acosh

atanh

acsch

acosech

asech

acoth

acotanh

rad2deg

rad2grad

deg2rad

deg2grad

grad2rad

grad2deg

If the Math::TrulyRandom module is available, and you've got the time to wait, the "truly_random_number" method is available:

    [% Math.truly_random_number %]

AUTHOR¶

Andy Wardley <abw@wardley.org> <http://wardley.org/>

COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (C) 1996-2007 Andy Wardley. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO¶

Template::Plugin