Typographic conventions in this guide

Analytica User GuideIntroduction: About AnalyticaTypographic conventions in this guide

Example	Meaning
behavior analysis	Key terms when introduced. Most of these terms are included in the Glossary.
Diagram	Menus and menu commands, window names, panel names, dialog box names, function parameters.
Sequence()	Name of a variable or function in Analytica.
Price - DownPmt	Expressions, definitions, example code.
10^7 → 10M	In example code, this means that the variable or expression before → generates the result after it.
Enter, Control+a	A key or key-combination on the keyboard. A letter, such as “a”, can be lower- or uppercase.

Code examples: This guide includes snippets of code to illustrate features, for example:

Index N := [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Variable Squares := N^2

Sum(Squares, N) → 55

This code says that there are two objects, an index N and a variable Squares. You would create these objects in a Diagram window by dragging from the node toolbar into the diagram (see Creating and editing nodes). You would enter the expressions, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] and N^2 into their definitions (see Creating or editing a definition). You would not enter the assignment “:=”. The last line says that the expression Sum(Squares, N) evaluates to the result 55 after the →. You might include that expression in the definition of third variable.

Array examples: We use these typographic conventions to show Analytica arrays.

• An index or list and its values

Index N :=

1

2

3

4

5

• A one-dimensional array

Variable Squares :=

Squares ▶
1	2	3	4	5
1	4	9	16	25

• A two-dimensional array

	Index_b ▶
Index_a ▼	a	b	c
x	value	value	value
y	value	value	value
z	value	value	value

• A three-dimensional array

Index_c = 'displayed value'
	Index_b ▶
Index_a ▼	a	b	c
x	value	value	value
y	value	value	value
z	value	value	value

See Also

• Array Function Example Variables
• Conventions for parameters and operands
• Conventions used in Analytica Tutorial
• Conventions used in Analytica Optimizer Guide

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