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How to use functions and constants in your calculations

You can use mathematical functions and constants (including dates and times) inside each calculation block.

Mark van den Brink

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When to use

Use the calculator block when you want to perform calculations inside your form. If you want to perform calculations with advanced operations, that's possible with the built-in mathematical functions and constants (including dates and times) in the calculator block. For example:

Get the highest value of two given answers and use that highest value in a calculation;
Perform a mathematical formula to determime the circumference of a circle.

These are just some examples. Basically you can calculate anything you want with the calculator block. Please have a look at our calculator features overview to see everything you can do with the calculator block.

Screenshot of a math formula in Tripetto — Demonstration of a mathematical formula with the constant π.

How to use

In the article you're reading now we describe how to use mathematical functions and constants in your calculator blocks. For global instructions about the calculator block, please have a look at this article.

Add operation

You can use the advanced options inside each operation. From the menu to add an operation, you will see a menu item Function (if you have an empty form, you will see these menus directly). This includes all functions and constants, grouped by the type of function.

Setup function/constant

You can use all kinds of mathematical functions to help you perform the right calculations. The available functions are divided into the following categories:

Limiting - Contains functions to limit certain values, like min, max and clamp;
Floating point - Contains functions to work with floating point values, like round, floor and ceil;
Exponentiation - Contains functions to perfom exponentiation, like powers, roots and exponents;
Trigonometry - Contains functions to perform trigonometrial calculations, like sin, cos and tan;
Factorial - Contains functions to perform factorial calculations, like n! and gamma;
Miscellaneous - Contains miscellaneous functions, like absolute, modulus and percentage;
Constants - Contains constans, like π ≈ 3.14159, e ≈ 2.71828 and c = 299,792,458 m/s, but also date and time constants, like year, month, day (of month) and day (of week);