-- On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Bastian Angerstein wrote: > > in an excel sheet I use: > =SIN((2*PI()/96)*1) > =SIN((2*PI()/96)*2) etc... > > my question is how to get this function in perl? > > The Results are values (in the example max. 96) on the Y-Axes of the > Sinuswave. > > BTW: > I want to replace the 96 (measuringpoints) and the multiplication value with > variables, too. You might want to try something like this #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use constant PI => 4 * atan2(1, 1); my $something = sin((2*PI/96)*1); print "$something\n"; __END__ and adapt with variables as you want. Owen -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>