Conventions for parameters and operands

The following conventions are commonly used for representing parameters and operands of functions:

x, y, z: A number that may be integer or decimal.

d: A number in degrees.

p, q: A probability between 0 and 1.

n, m: An integer number.

s, t: Text values.

c: Character (a text value containing a single character).

I, J, K: The identifier of an index variable.

V, W: The identifier of a variable.

a, b: A Boolean value or expression.

e: An expression.

Note that the common stylistic convention uses capital names when it identifies an Object (alias semantics) and lower case names when it identifies a value (value semantics). Hence, index and variable parameter names are capitalized, other parameter names are lower case.

See Also

• User-defined Functions and Libraries
• Function calls and parameters
• Functions by category
• Alphabetical Function List
• Array Function Example Variables
• Conventions used in the Analytica User Guide
• Conventions used in the Analytica Tutorial
• Conventions used in the Analytica Optimizer Guide