Package ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.global.math

Class PrecisionEvaluate

java.lang.Object

ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.global.math.PrecisionEvaluate

@BoxBIF
public class PrecisionEvaluate
extends BIF

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

__functionName, __isMemberExecution, asyncService, cacheService, componentService, declaredArguments, functionService, interceptorService, moduleService, runtime

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
PrecisionEvaluate()	Constructor

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
Object	_invoke(IBoxContext context, ArgumentsScope arguments)	Evaluates one or more string expressions using BigDecimal precision arithmetic.

Methods inherited from class ortus.boxlang.runtime.bifs.BIF

announce, getDeclaredArguments, invoke

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

PrecisionEvaluate

public PrecisionEvaluate()

Constructor

Method Details

_invoke

public Object _invoke(IBoxContext context,
 ArgumentsScope arguments)

Evaluates one or more string expressions using BigDecimal precision arithmetic. If the results ends in an infinitely repeating decimal value only the first 20 digits of the decimal portion will be used. BigDecimal precision results only work with addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. The use of ^, MOD, % or \ arithmetic operators will result in normal integer precision.

Specified by:

_invoke in class BIF

Parameters:

context - The context in which the BIF is being invoked.

arguments - Argument scope for the BIF.

Returns:

The result of the invocation