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- abs – Mathematical – Converts the argument to its
'absolute' (i.e., positive) value.
- add_dec – Rule – Conditionally add or decrement a
value to a cell.
- alllocked – Rule – Test if all of a list of cells
are 'locked'.
- anylocked – Rule – Test if any of a list of cells
are 'locked'.
- arg – Mathematical – Employ a value passed from
the command line.
- break – Control-flow – Break out of a for
or while loop.
- call – Control-flow – Call another procedure
(parameters may be passed).
- continue – Control-flow – Continue with a for
or while loop.
- compare – Rule – Compare two input tables and write
an output table based on the data they contain.
- control_out – Rule – Send a MIDI control message.
- copy – Rule – Copies the value of an input cell
into one or more output cells.
- copy_table – Rule – Copies the contents of one
table into another.
- dimensions – Mathematical – Return the number of
dimensions in a table.
- dimsize – Mathematical – Return the number of cells
in a table dimension.
- embed – Rule – Embed tables.
- end – Control-flow – Ends performance of the script.
- exp – Rule – Creates an exponential time-varying
output moving between a minimum and a maximum value.
- fail – Rule – This rule is used for testing and
debugging.
- fill_table – Rule – Fill a (declared) table with
values from a text file.
- fold – Rule – Time-based embedding of tables.
- for – Control-flow – Set up a loop counter.
- gamma – Mathematical – Output a random number
lying between 0 and 1, exhibiting Gamma probability distribution
characteristics.
- gauss – Rule – Output a random number
lying between 0 and 1, exhibiting Gaussian probability distribution
characteristics.
- generate – Rule – Generate values derived from tables.
- if – Control-flow – Conditional branch, with or
without the 'else' branch.
- int – Mathematical – Return the integer value of
a number.
- interp_table – Rule – Interpolate values in two
tables and write a result table.
- lim – Rule – Constrain a cell to lie within given
limits.
- lin – Rule – Create a linear time-varying value
moving between a minimum and maximum value.
- lintrans – Rule – Implements a combined multiply
and add in a single operation.
- local – Control-flow – Declare a cell to be local
(i.e., private) to the current procedure.
- lock – Rule – Lock one or more cells.
- log – Rule – Create a logarithmic time-varying
output moving between a minimum and maximum value.
- loop – Control-flow – Return control-flow to the
start of the current procedure.
- max – Rule – Place in the output cell the maximum
value of a number of input arguments.
- mean – Rule – Place in the output cell the average,
or mean, of a number of input arguments.
- message – Rule – Output to the console a message
string as many times as it is called.
- messag1 – Rule – Output to the console a message
string only the first time it is called.
- midichord – Rule – Output a chord to the designated
MIDI channel.
- midiecho – Rule – Output immediately (echo) a MIDI
event.
- midiin – Rule – Collect MIDI input data.
- midiout – Rule – Output a MIDI message.
- midiset – Rule – Set instruments to specific MIDI
channels.
- min – Rule – Output the minimum value of up to
nine cells.
- mouse – Rule – Gives two outputs, which are
normalised screen coordinates of the current (usually invisible) mouse
position.
- mult – Rule – The output cell contains the result
of multiplying the values of any number of input cells.
- mult_table – Rule – Multiply each value in a table
by its corresponding index value in a second table, and place the result
in the output table.
- offset_table – Rule – Offset the contents of a
table by adding a value to each value in the table, and write to an
output table.
- perm – Rule – Randomly permutate the contents of
the input table.
- pitchbend – Rule – Send a MIDI pitchbend message.
- pop – Rule – Fractal algorithm which employs an
output cell and an input value.
- power – Mathematical – Power function.
- print – Rule – Print to the console the input
argument.
- probe – Rule – Display the input arguments to the
console.
- probi – Rule – Display the input arguments to the
console as integers.
- rand – Mathematical – Output a random floating
point number lying between 0 and 1.
- random – Mathematical – Output a random floating
point number lying between the (two) input arguments.
- return – Control-flow – Without a label, return
to the last procedure; with a label, search for the most recent call
with that label and return to it.
- round – Mathematical – Round to the next highest
integer.
- scale_table – Rule – Scale each cell in a table
by a constant value to produce an output table.
- schedule – Rule – Schedule a MIDI event for later
performance.
- seg – Rule – Create a linear time-varying output
over a defined duration, between values supplied by the user.
- shift – Rule – Shift the contents of a table
one place to the left or right.
- sine – Mathematical – Give the sine of a value
in radians.
- sort – Rule – Sort a table into ascending or
descending order.
- sqrt – Mathematical – Give the square root of a value.
- store – Rule – Store values in a text file.
- stori – Rule – Store values in a text file as integers.
- storefile – Rule – Create the text file in which
values will be stored.
- storstr – Rule – Store a text string in a text file.
- subst – Rule – Place in an output table values drawn
statistically from either of two input tables.
- sum – Rule – Sum in the output cell the input
arguments.
- sum_table – Rule – Sum successive values in two
tables to produce corresponding values in the output table.
- swap – Rule – Swap the values of two cells.
- table – Initialisation Rule – Create a table of
given dimensions and sizes.
- time – Rule – Set a real-time counter.
- trigger – Rule – Set a trigger cell.
- try – Mathematical – Permits the user to ascertain
the return status of a rule (i.e, if it has succeeded in performing
its operation).
- unlock – Rule – Unlock previously locked cells.
- wait – Rule – Cause a complete stay of execution
for the duration of the input cell.
- while – Control-flow – Set up a locally-executing
loop dependent upon the evaluation of a test placed inside parentheses.
- xad – Rule – Extract the differences between
adjacent values in the input table and write them to an output table.
- xar – Rule – Extract the ratios between adjacent
values in the input table and write them to an output table.
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