Gri: RPN solitary operators

  Chapters: 1: Introduction 2: Simple example 3: Invocation 4: Finer Control 5: X-Y Plots 6: Contour Plots 7: Image Plots 8: Examples 9: Gri Commands 10: Programming 11: Environment 12: Emacs Mode 13: History 14: Installation 15: Gri Bugs 16: Test Suite 17: Gri in Press 18: Acknowledgments 19: License Indices: Concepts Commands Variables | ### 10.9.6: Solitary Operators Solitary operators do not act on items on the stack; rather, they generate items themselves and insert them on the stack. The solitary operators are illustrated below, in alphabetical order. `{rpn argc}` Yields number of command-line arguments given by the user when Gri was invoked. Thus, invoking Gri as
      gri myfile.gri file1.dat file2.dat
  yields 3, for arguments ``myfile.gri`', ``file1.dat`', and ``file2.dat`'. These arguments are accessible through the ``argv`' unary operator (see Unary Operators). `{rpn e}` Yields the base of natural logarithms, i.e. ``2.718`'... `{rpn pi}` Yields Pi, i.e. ``3.141`'... `{rpn rand}` Generate a random number in the range 0 to 1, using the C subroutine ``drand48()`' if it is available, otherwise the less well-distributed ``rand()`' subroutine. `{rpn wordc}` Returns number of words used in invoking the present command. Similar to the ``\.words.`' synonym (see Local Synonyms). Example:
      `let us test .it.'
      {
        show "This command has " {rpn wordc} " words"
      }
      let us test 10
      let us test {rpn 3 1 +}
      let us test "this"
      let us test "this thing"
The operator ``wordv`' may be used to extract the words of the command (see Unary Operators).