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NAME
sum - sum, or sum of defined sums
SYNOPSIS
sum(x_1, x_2, ...)
TYPES
x_1, x_2, ... any
return any
DESCRIPTION
If an argument x_i is a list with elements e_1, e_2, ..., e_n, it
is treated as if x_i were replaced by e_1, e_2, ..., e_n; this may
continue recurively if any of the e_j is a list.
If an argument x_i is an object of type xx, then x_i is replaced by
xx_sum(x_i) if the function xx_sum() has been defined. If the
type xx has been defined by:
obj xx = {x, y, z},
an appropriate definition of xx_sum(a) is sometimes a.x + a.y + a.z.
sum(a) then returns the sum of the elements of a.
If x_i has the null value, it is ignored. Thus, sum(a, , b, , c)
will return the same as sum(a, b, c).
Assuming the above replacements, and that the x_1, x_2, ..., are
of types for which addition is defined, sum(x_1, x_2, ...) returns
the sum of the arguments.
EXAMPLE
> print sum(2), sum(5, 3, 7, 2, 9), sum(3.2, -0.5, 8.7, -1.2, 2.5)
2 26 12.7
> print sum(list(3,5), 7, list(6, list(7,8), 2))
38
> obj point {x, y}
> define point_add(a,b) = obj point = {a.x + b.x, a.y + b.y}
> obj point A = {1, 5}
> obj point B = {1, 4}
> obj point C = {3, 3}
> print sum(A, B, C)
obj point {5, 12}
> define point_sum(a) = a.x
> print sum(A, B, C)
5
LIMITS
The number of arguments is not to exceed 100.
LIBRARY
NUMBER *qmin(NUMBER *x1, NUMBER *x2)
SEE ALSO
max, obj