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Numerics

GEB uses different numbers representing various levels of precision.

TypePrecision
Wad1E-18
Ray1E-27
Rad1E-45

You can import them from pyflex:

>>> from pyflex.numeric import Wad, Ray, Rad

Converting Wad, Ray, Rad to a str shows the numbers in a friendly format:

>>> Wad.from_number(1.2)
Wad(1200000000000000000)
>>> str(Wad.from_number(1.2))
'1.200000000000000000'

{% hint style="warning" %} Constructors will add a specific precision to a number eg. Wad(1) is not equal to 1 but to 10^18. {% endhint %}

>>> Wad(10) == Wad.from_number(10)
False
>>> Wad(10) == Wad.from_number(10 * 1E-18)
True

Operations: Addition, Subtraction, Division​

Wad, Ray, and Rad can only perform addition, subtraction and division with another Wad, Ray, or Rad

>>> Rad(10) + Wad(10)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "/Users/georgekellerman/reflexer/pyflex/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pyflex/numeric.py", line 320, in __add__
    raise ArithmeticError
ArithmeticError
>>> Ray(10) - Ray(5)
Ray(5)
>>> Rad(10) / Rad.from_number(2)
Rad(5)
>>>

Operations: Multiplication​

Wad, Ray, and Rad can be multiplied by any Wad, Ray, and Rad and int.

The result is the type of the first number:

>>> x = Wad.from_number(1.2) * Rad.from_number(1)
>>> type(x)
<class 'pyflex.numeric.Wad'>
>>> y = Rad.from_number(1) * Wad.from_number(1.2)
>>> type(y)
<class 'pyflex.numeric.Rad'>

Conversion​

Wad, Ray, and Rad all accept Wad, Ray, and Rad in the constructors. This is the canonical way to convert numbers:

>>> Rad(Wad(10))
Rad(10000000000000000000000000000)

{% hint style="warning" %} During conversion (Rad to Ray/Wad or Ray to Wad) you may lose precision! {% endhint %}

>>> Wad(Rad(10))
Wad(0)
>>> Ray(Rad(20))
Ray(0)