Numbers in Nasal

As one would expect, there are numbers in Nasal.

Representation types

Decimal

The most basic number system is the decimal system, based on the number 10. Decimal numbers can be written as integers, floating point numbers, or in exponential form.

Integer

Integers can be written as below:

var number = 1234; # 1,234
number = -1234; # -1,234

Floating point

Floating point numbers can be written as below:

var number = 1.234;
number = -1.234;

Exponential

Number written in exponential form (powers of ten) take the form of number[E/e]power. The number part may be either an integer or floating point number, and either negative or positive. The indicate that the number is in exponential form, either capital or lowercase e may be used. The power part must be an integer, and may be either positive or negative.

var number = 12e6; # 12,000,000
number = 4E-2; # 0.04
number = 6.674E-11; # 0.00000000006674 (gravitational constant)

Hexadecimal

Numbers may also be written as hexadecimal numbers (0 to 9 and A to F). The digits must be preceded by a zero and lowercase "x" (0x). Any letters in the digits may be either capital or lowercase. Nasal does not support floating point numbers in hexadecimal form, so this representation is limited to integers.

var number = 0x2f; # 47
number = 0x2F; # 47
number = -0x2f; # -47

Octal

Note  Support for octal numbers was introduced in FlightGear v3.2.

The final type is octal numbers (0 to 7). The digits must be preceded by a zero and lowercase "o" (0o). This does not support floating point numbers as well.

var number = 0o23; # 19
number = -0o23; # -19

Operators

See Nasal Operators for the main article about this subject.

All the usual operators work as expected. All the number representation types may be combined in expressions, for example:

# 5e-2 = 0.05, 0x2f = 47, 0o37 = 31
print(2.35 + 5e-2 - 0x2f * 0o37 / -2); # prints 730.9

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