2 sum - sum, or sum of defined sums
13 If an argument x_i is a list with elements e_1, e_2, ..., e_n, it
14 is treated as if x_i were replaced by e_1, e_2, ..., e_n; this may
15 continue recurively if any of the e_j is a list.
17 If an argument x_i is an object of type xx, then x_i is replaced by
18 xx_sum(x_i) if the function xx_sum() has been defined. If the
19 type xx has been defined by:
23 an appropriate definition of xx_sum(a) is sometimes a.x + a.y + a.z.
24 sum(a) then returns the sum of the elements of a.
26 If x_i has the null value, it is ignored. Thus, sum(a, , b, , c)
27 will return the same as sum(a, b, c).
29 Assuming the above replacements, and that the x_1, x_2, ..., are
30 of types for which addition is defined, sum(x_1, x_2, ...) returns
31 the sum of the arguments.
34 > print sum(2), sum(5, 3, 7, 2, 9), sum(3.2, -0.5, 8.7, -1.2, 2.5)
37 > print sum(list(3,5), 7, list(6, list(7,8), 2))
42 > define point_add(a,b) = obj point = {a.x + b.x, a.y + b.y}
43 > obj point A = {1, 5}
44 > obj point B = {1, 4}
45 > obj point C = {3, 3}
49 > define point_sum(a) = a.x
54 The number of arguments is not to exceed 100.
57 NUMBER *qmin(NUMBER *x1, NUMBER *x2)