5.8.1 Arithmetic & logical operators

Asymptote uses the standard binary arithmetic operators. However, when one integer is divided by another, both arguments are converted to real values before dividing and a real quotient is returned (since this is usually what is intended). The function int quotient(int x, int y) returns the greatest integer less than or equal to x/y. In all other cases both operands are promoted to the same type, which will also be the type of the result:

+

addition

-

subtraction

*

multiplication

/

division

%

modulo; the result always has the same sign as the divisor. In particular, this makes q*quotient(p,q)+p%q == p for all integers p and nonzero integers q.

^

power; if the exponent (second argument) is an int, recursive multiplication is used; otherwise, logarithms and exponentials are used. ** is a synonym for ^.

The usual boolean operators are also defined:

==

equals

!=

not equals

<

less than

<=

less than or equals

>=

greater than or equals

>

greater than

&&

and

||

or

^

xor

!

not

Asymptote also supports the C-like conditional syntax:

bool positive=(pi >= 0) ? true : false;

The function T interp(T a, T b, real t) returns a+t*(b-a) for all built-in arithmetic types T.