NAME

Math::Complex_C::L - perl interface to C's long double complex operations.

DESCRIPTION

use warnings;
use strict;
use Math::Complex_C::L qw(:all);
# For brevity, use MCL which is an alias for Math::Complex_C::L::new
my $c =    MCL(12.5, 1125); # assign as NV
my $root = MCL();

sqrt_cl($root, $c);
print "Square root of $c is $root\n";

See also the Math::Complex_C::L test suite for some (simplistic) examples
of usage.

This module is written largely for the use of perl builds whose nvtype is
'long double'. Run "perl -V:nvtype" to see what your perl's NV type is. If
your nvtype is 'double' consider using Math::Complex_C instead, and if
your nvtype is '__float128' consider using Math::Complex_C::Q.
Irrespective of the nvtype, you can still use this module - it's just
that there are a number of functions returning 'long double' - which, for
'double' and '__float128' builds do not utilise the full precision that the
'long double' or '__float128' NV provides.
OTOH, you *can* use Math::Complex_C - or, if your compiler supports it, use
Math::Complex_C::Q (and make full use of the extra precision its operations
provide) irrespective of your nvtype. See the "Which Math::Complex_C"
section of the README that ships with this module's source for a more
detailed explanation.

A number of the functions below accept string arguments. These arguments
will be tested by the perl API function looks_like_number() for the
presence of non-numeric characters. If any such non-numeric characters
are detected, then the global non-numeric flag (which is initially set to
0) will be incremented. You can query the value this global flag holds by
running Math::Complex_C::L::nnumflag() and you can manually alter the
value of the global using Math::Complex_C::L::set_nnum and
Math::Complex_C::L::clear_nnum. These functions are documented below.

FUNCTIONS

$rop = Math::Complex_C::L->new($re, $im);
$rop = Math::Complex_C::L::new($re, $im);
$rop = MCL($re, $im); # MCL is an alias to Math::Complex_C::L::new()
 $rop is a returned Math::Complex_C::L object; $re and $im are the real and
 imaginary values (respectively) that $rop holds. They (ie $re, $im) can be
 integer values (IV or UV), floating point values (NV), numeric strings
 or Math::LongDouble objects. IV, UV and NV values will be cast to long
 long double before being assigned. Strings (PV) will be assigned using C's
 strtold() function.
 Note that the two arguments ($re & $im) are optional - ie they can be omitted.
 If no arguments are supplied, then $rop will be assigned NaN for both the real
 and imaginary parts.
 If only one argument is supplied, and that argument is a Math::Complex_C::L
 object then $rop will be a duplicate of that Math::Complex_C::L object.
 Otherwise the single argument will be assigned to the real part of $rop, and
 the imaginary part will be set to zero.
 The functions croak if an invalid arg is supplied.

$rop = create_cl();
 $rop is a Math::Complex_C::L object, created with both real and imaginary
 values set to NaN. (Same result as calling new() without any args.)

assign_cl($rop, $re, $im);
 The real part of $rop is set to the value of $re, the imaginary part is set to
 the value of $im. $re and $im can be  integers (IV or UV),  floating point
 values (NV), numeric strings, or Math::LongDouble objects .

set_real_cl($rop, $re);
 The real part of $rop is set to the value of $re. $re can be an integer (IV or
 UV),  floating point value (NV), numeric string, or Math::LongDouble object.

set_imag_cl($rop, $im);
 The imaginary part of $rop is set to the value of $im. $im can be an integer
 (IV/UV),  floating point value (NV), numeric string, or Math::LongDouble object.

LD2cl($rop, $r_f, $i_f); #$r_f & $i_f are Math::LongDouble objects
 Assign the real and imaginary part of $rop from the Math::LongDouble objects $r_f
 and $i_f (respectively).

cl2LD($r_f, $f_i, $op); #$r_f & $i_f are Math::LongDouble objects
 Assign the real and imaginary parts of $op to the Math::LongDouble objects $r_f
 and $i_f (respectively).

mul_cl   ($rop, $op1, $op2);
mul_c_ivl($rop, $op1, $si);
mul_c_uvl($rop, $op1, $ui);
mul_c_nvl($rop, $op1, $nv);
mul_c_pvl($rop, $op1, $pv);
 Multiply $op1 by the 3rd arg, and store the result in $rop.
 The "3rd arg" is (respectively, from top) a Math::Complex_C::L object,
 a signed integer value (IV), an unsigned integer value (UV), a floating point
 value (NV), a numeric string (PV). The UV, IV, NV and PV values are real only -
 ie no imaginary component. The PV will be set to a long double value using C's
 strtold() function. The UV, IV and NV values will be cast to long double
 values.

add_cl   ($rop, $op1, $op2);
add_c_ivl($rop, $op1, $si);
add_c_uvl($rop, $op1, $ui);
add_c_nvl($rop, $op1, $nv);
add_c_pvl($rop, $op1, $pv);
 As for mul_cl(), etc., but performs addition.

div_cl   ($rop, $op1, $op2);
div_c_ivl($rop, $op1, $si);
div_c_uvl($rop, $op1, $ui);
div_c_nvl($rop, $op1, $nv);
div_c_pvl($rop, $op1, $pv);
 As for mul_cl(), etc., but performs division.

sub_cl   ($rop, $op1, $op2);
sub_c_ivl($rop, $op1, $si);
sub_c_uvl($rop, $op1, $ui);
sub_c_nvl($rop, $op1, $nv);
sub_c_pvl($rop, $op1, $pv);
 As for mul_cl(), etc., but performs subtraction.

$nv = real_cl($op);
 Returns the real part of $op as an NV. If your perl's NV is not long
 double use either real_cl2LD($op) or (l_to_str($op))[1].
 Wraps C's 'creall' function.

$nv = imag_cl($op);
 Returns the imaginary part of $op as an NV. If your perl's NV is not
 long double use either real_cl2LD($op) or (l_to_str($op))[1].
 Wraps C's 'cimagl' function.

$f = real_cl2LD($op);
$f = imag_cl2LD($op);
 Returns a Math::LongDouble object $f set to the value of $op's real (and
 respectively, imag) component. No point in using this function unless
 Math::LongDouble is loaded.
 Wraps 'creall' and 'cimagl' to obtain the values.

$str = real_cl2str($op);
$str = imag_cl2str($op);
 Returns a string set to the value of $op's real (and respectively, imag)
 component.
 Wraps 'creall' and 'cimagl' to obtain the values.

$nv = arg_cl($op);
 Returns the argument of $op as an NV.If your perl's NV is not
 long double use either arg_cl2LD() or arg_cl2str().
 Wraps C's 'cargl' function.

$f = arg_cl2LD($op);
 Returns the Math::LongDouble object $f, set to the value of the argument
 of $op. No point in using this function unless Math::LongDouble is loaded.
 Wraps C's 'cargl' function.

$str = arg_cl2str($op);
 Returns the string $str, set to the value of the argument of $op. No
 point in using this function unless Math::LongDouble is loaded.
 Wraps C's 'cargl' function.

$nv = abs_cl($op);
 Returns the absolute value of $op as an NV.If your perl's NV is not
 long double use either arg_cl2LD() or arg_cl2str().
 Wraps C's 'cabsl' function.

$f = abs_cl2LD($op);
 Returns the Math::LongDouble object $f, set to the absolute value of $op.
 No point in using this function unless Math::LongDouble is loaded.
 Wraps C's 'cabsl' function.

$str = abs_cl2str($op);
 Returns the string $str, set to the absolute value of $op. No point
 in using this function unless Math::LongDouble is loaded.
 Wraps C's 'cabsl' function.

conj_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to the conjugate of $op.
 Wraps C's 'conjl' function.

acos_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to acos($op). Wraps C's 'cacosl' function.

asin_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to asin($op). Wraps C's 'casinl' function.

atan_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to atan($op). Wraps C's 'catanl' function.

cos_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to cos($op). Wraps C's 'ccosl' function.

sin_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to sin($op). Wraps C's 'csinl' function.

tan_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to tan($op). Wraps C's 'ctanl' function.

acosh_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to acosh($op). Wraps C's 'cacoshl' function.

asinh_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to asinh($op). Wraps C's 'casinhl' function.

atanh_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to atanh($op). Wraps C's 'catanhl' function.

cosh_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to cosh($op). Wraps C's 'ccoshl' function.

sinh_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to sinh($op). Wraps C's 'csinhl' function.

tanh_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to tanh($op). Wraps C's 'ctanhl' function.

exp_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to e ** $op. Wraps C's 'cexpl' function.

log_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to log($op). Wraps C's 'clogl' function.

pow_cl($rop, $op1, $op2);
 Sets $rop to $op1 ** $op2. Wraps C's 'cpowl' function.

sqrt_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to sqrt($op). Wraps C's 'csqrtl' function.

proj_cl($rop, $op);
 Sets $rop to a projection of $op onto the Riemann sphere.
 Wraps C's 'cprojl' function.

$nv = get_nanl();
 Sets $nv to NaN.

$nv = get_infl();
 Sets $nv to Inf.

$bool = is_nanl($nv);
 Returns true if $nv is a NaN - else returns false

$bool = is_infl($nv);
 Returns true if $nv is -Inf or +Inf - else returns false

OUTPUT FUNCTIONS

Default precision for output of Math::Complex_C::L objects is set
in the XS global _MATH_COMPLEX_C_L_DIGITS to
     1 + ceil(MANT_PREC * log(2) / log(10)
 where MANT_PREC is LDBL_MANT_DIG if float.h defines that symbol.
 Else MANT_PREC is DBL_MANT_DIG if float.h defines that symbol.
 Else MANT_PREC is 21 (which is the correct value for a 64-bit
 precision mantissa).

This default can be altered using l_set_prec (see below).

l_set_prec($si);
$si = l_get_prec();
 Set/get the precision of output values

$str = l_to_str($op);
 Return a string of the form "real imag".
 Both "real" and "imag" will be expressed in scientific
 notation, to the precision returned by the l_get_prec() function (above).
 Use l_set_prec() to alter this precision.
 Infinities are stringified to 'inf' (or '-inf' for -ve infinity).
 NaN values (including positive and negative NaN vlaues) are stringified to
 'nan'.

$str = l_to_strp($op, $si);
 As for l_to_str, except that the precision setting for the output value
 is set by the 2nd arg (which must be greater than 1).

$rop = str_to_l($str);
 Takes a string as per that returned by l_to_str() or l_to_strp().
 Returns a Math::Complex_C::L object set to the value represented by that
 string.

cl2LD($f_r, $f_i, $op);
 Assign the real part of $op to the Math::LongDouble object $f_r, and the
 imaginary part of $op to the Math::LongDouble object $f_i.

OPERATOR OVERLOADING

Math::Complex_C::L overloads the following operators:
 *, +, /, -, **,
 *=, +=, /=, -=, **=,
 !, bool,
 ==, !=,
 "",
 abs, exp, log, cos, sin, atan2, sqrt,
 =

 NOTE: Making use of the '=' overloading is not recommended unless
       you understand its caveats. See 'perldoc overload' and
       read it thoroughly, including the documentation regarding
       'copy constructors'.

 Note: abs() returns an NV, not a Math::Complex_C::L object. If your NV-type
       is not _long double then you should probably call abs_cl2LD() or
       abs_cl2str() instead. Check the documentation (above) of those two
       alternatives.

 Overloaded arithmetic operations are provided the following types:
  IV, UV, NV, PV, Math::Complex_C::L object.
 The IV, UV, NV and PV values are real only (ie no imaginary component). The
 PV values will be converted to long double values using C's strtold()
 function. The IV, UV and NV values will be cast to long double values.

 Note: For the purposes of the overloaded 'not', '!' and 'bool'
 operators, a "false" Math::Complex_C object is one with real
 and imaginary parts that are both "false" - where "false"
 currently means either 0 (including -0) or NaN.
 (A "true" Math::Complex_C object is, of course, simply one
 that is not "false".)

OTHER FUNCTIONS

$iv = Math::Complex_C::L::nnumflag(); # not exported
 Returns the value of the non-numeric flag. This flag is
 initialized to zero, but incemented by 1 whenever a function
 is handed a string containing non-numeric characters. The
 value of the flag therefore tells us how many times functions
 have been handed such a string. The flag can be reset to 0 by
 running clear_nnum().

Math::Complex_C::L::set_nnum($iv); # not exported
 Resets the global non-numeric flag to the value specified by
 $iv.

Math::Complex_C::L::clear_nnum(); # not exported
 Resets the global non-numeric flag to 0.(Essentially the same
 as running set_nnum(0).)

LICENSE

This module is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as Perl itself.
Copyright 2014, 2016, Sisyphus.

AUTHOR

Sisyphus <sisyphus at(@) cpan dot (.) org>