10.1 REALVALUED Declaration and Check

The declaration realvalued may be used to restrict variables to the real numbers. The syntax is:

        realvalued v1,...vn;

For such variables the operator impart gives the result zero. Thus, with

        realvalued x,y;

the expression impart(x+sin(y)) is evaluated as zero. You may also declare an operator as real valued with the meaning, that this operator maps real arguments always to real values. Example:

    operator h; realvalued h,x;
    impart h(x);

       0

    impart h(w);

       impart(h(w))

Such declarations are not needed for the standard elementary functions.

To remove the propery from a variable or an operator use the declaration notrealvalued with the syntax:

    notrealvalued v1,...vn;

The boolean operator realvaluedp allows you to check if a variable, an operator, or an operator expression is known as real valued. Thus,

    realvalued x;
    write if realvaluedp(sin x) then "yes" else "no";
    write if realvaluedp(sin z) then "yes" else "no";

would print first yes and then no. For general expressions test the impart for checking the value range:

    realvalued x,y; w:=(x+i*y); w1:=conj w;
    impart(w*w1);

       0

    impart(w*w);

       2*x*y

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