Adobe Illustrator CS6 Type Library JS: Math

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Class

Math

A global object containing a set of math functions and constants.

QuickLinks

abs, acos, asin, atan, atan2, ceil, cos, exp, floor, log, max, min, pow, random, round, sin, sqrt, tan

Class

Property	Type	Access	Description
E	number	readonly	Euler's constant and the base of natural logarithms. (default: 2.7182818284590452354)
LN10	number	readonly	The natural logarithm of 10. (default: 2.302585092994046)
LN2	number	readonly	The natural logarithm of 2. (default: 0.6931471805599453)
LOG10E	number	readonly	The base 10 logarithm of e. (default: 0.4342944819032518)
LOG2E	number	readonly	The base 2 logarithm of e. (default: 1.4426950408886934)
PI	number	readonly	The ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. (default: 3.14159265358979323846)
SQRT1_2	number	readonly	The reciprocal of the square root of 1/2. (default: 0.7071067811865476)
SQRT2	number	readonly	The square root of 2. (default: 1.4142135623730951)

Methods

number abs (x: number)
Returns the absolute value of a number.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.abs(x)

number acos (x: number)
Returns the arc cosine(in radians) of a number.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.acos(x)

number asin (x: number)
Returns the arc sin(in radians) of a number.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.asin(x)

number atan (x: number)
Returns the arc tangent(in radians) of a number.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.atan(x)

number atan2 (y: number, x: number)
Returns the arc tangent of the quotient of its arguments (y/x).

Parameter	Type	Description
y	number	A number.
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.atan2(y,x)

number ceil (x: number)
Rounds the number up to the nearest integer.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.ceil(x)

number cos (x: number)
Returns the cosine of an angle provided in radians.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	An angle, in radians.

Example

Math.cos(x)

number exp (x: number)
Returns Math.E raised to the power of a number.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.exp(x)

number floor (x: number)
Rounds a number down to the nearest integer.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.floor(x)

number log (x: number)
Returns the natural logarithm of a number.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.log(x)

number max (x: number, y: number)
Returns the maximum of two numbers.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number
y	number

Example

Math.max(x,y)

number min (x: number, y: number)
Returns the minimum of two numbers.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	Numbers.
y	number

Example

Math.min(x,y)

number pow (x: number, y: number)
Returns x raised to the power of y.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	Numbers.
y	number

Example

Math.pow(x,y)

number random ()
Returns a pseudo-random number from 0.0 up to but not including 1.0. Range: 0.0 - 0.999999999999999

Example

Math.random()

number round (x: number)
Rounds a number to the nearest integer.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.round(x)

number sin (x: number)
Returns the sine of an angle provided in radians.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	An angle, in radians.

Example

Math.sin(x)

number sqrt (x: number)
Returns the square root of a number.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	A number.

Example

Math.sqrt(x)

number tan (x: number)
Returns the tangent of an angle provided in radians.

Parameter	Type	Description
x	number	An angle, in radians.

Example

Math.tan(x)

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