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--- manual:chapter6:constants:cmd_jconst [2019/10/20 08:00]
jojo1973 Rephrased description
+++ manual:chapter6:constants:cmd_jconst [2021/09/19 15:09] (current)
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 ==== j ====
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 ^  __Input Stack__  ^  ^  __Output Stack__  ^
-|  |  **→**  |  **j**  |
+|  ****  |  **→**  |  **C<sub>j</sub>**  |
-|  //Level 1//  |  //→//  |  //Level 1//  |
+|  //Level 1 / Argument 1//  |  //→//  |  //Level 1//  |
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-|**Type**| [[manual:chapter5:basics#analytic-functions|Analytic Function]]  ||
+| **Keyword type**  | [[manual:chapter5:basics#analytic-functions|Analytic Function]]  ||
-|**Parallel list processing**| [[manual:chapter5:listproc#group-1commands-that-cannot-parallel-process|Group 1]]  ||
+| **Parallel list processing capabilities**  | [[manual:chapter5:listproc#group-1commands-that-cannot-parallel-process|Group 1]]  | //Commands that cannot parallel process//  |
-|**Affected by flags**| None  ||
+| **Affected by flags**  | //None//  ||
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 The ''j'' function pushes on the stack a symbolic representation of the imaginary unit $j=\sqrt{-1}$.
-''j'' provides a convenient alias of ''[[manual:chapter6:constants:cmd_iconst|i]]'' for those applications where the latter might be confused with the ''i'' variable (usually Electronics).
+''j'' provides a convenient alias of ''[[manual:chapter6:constants:cmd_iconst|i]]'' for those applications where the latter might be confused with the ''i'' variable (usually electronic engineering).
-Application of the ''[[manual:chapter6:operators:cmd_ovr_num|→NUM]]'' operator returns the complex number ''(0, 1)'' in rectangular format.
+Application of the ''[[manual:chapter6:operators:cmd_ovr_num|→NUM]]'' operator returns the complex number ''(0,1)'' in rectangular format.
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-This command is new in newRPL and does not exist in userRPL.
+''j'' is specific to **newRPL** and has no direct equivalent in **userRPL**.
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-The following program
+**__Input__**
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-will result in
+\\
+**__Output__**
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-:                             j
+:
-:                         (0,1)
+:
-……………………………………………………………………………………
+:                                     j
+:                                 (0,1)
+…………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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