1 @chapter Expression Evaluation
2 @c man begin EXPRESSION EVALUATION
4 When evaluating an arithmetic expression, Libav uses an internal
5 formula evaluator, implemented through the @file{libavutil/eval.h}
8 An expression may contain unary, binary operators, constants, and
11 Two expressions @var{expr1} and @var{expr2} can be combined to form
12 another expression "@var{expr1};@var{expr2}".
13 @var{expr1} and @var{expr2} are evaluated in turn, and the new
14 expression evaluates to the value of @var{expr2}.
16 The following binary operators are available: @code{+}, @code{-},
17 @code{*}, @code{/}, @code{^}.
19 The following unary operators are available: @code{+}, @code{-}.
21 The following functions are available:
38 Return 1.0 if @var{x} is +/-INFINITY, 0.0 otherwise.
40 Return 1.0 if @var{x} is NAN, 0.0 otherwise.
51 Allow to store the value of the expression @var{expr} in an internal
52 variable. @var{var} specifies the number of the variable where to
53 store the value, and it is a value ranging from 0 to 9. The function
54 returns the value stored in the internal variable.
57 Allow to load the value of the internal variable with number
58 @var{var}, which was previously stored with st(@var{var}, @var{expr}).
59 The function returns the loaded value.
61 @item while(cond, expr)
62 Evaluate expression @var{expr} while the expression @var{cond} is
63 non-zero, and returns the value of the last @var{expr} evaluation, or
64 NAN if @var{cond} was always false.
67 Round the value of expression @var{expr} upwards to the nearest
68 integer. For example, "ceil(1.5)" is "2.0".
71 Round the value of expression @var{expr} downwards to the nearest
72 integer. For example, "floor(-1.5)" is "-2.0".
75 Round the value of expression @var{expr} towards zero to the nearest
76 integer. For example, "trunc(-1.5)" is "-1.0".
79 Compute the square root of @var{expr}. This is equivalent to
83 Return 1.0 if @var{expr} is zero, 0.0 otherwise.
88 @code{*} works like AND
90 @code{+} works like OR
101 In your C code, you can extend the list of unary and binary functions,
102 and define recognized constants, so that they are available for your
105 The evaluator also recognizes the International System number
106 postfixes. If 'i' is appended after the postfix, powers of 2 are used
107 instead of powers of 10. The 'B' postfix multiplies the value for 8,
108 and can be appended after another postfix or used alone. This allows
109 using for example 'KB', 'MiB', 'G' and 'B' as postfix.
111 Follows the list of available International System postfixes, with
112 indication of the corresponding powers of 10 and of 2.