Arithmetic operations

<plus|expr-1|⋯|expr-n>

<minus|expr-1|⋯|expr-n>
(addition and subtraction)

Add or subtract numbers or lengths. For instance, <plus|1|2.3|5> yields 8.3 and <plus|1cm|5mm> produces . In the case of subtractions, the last argument is subtracted from the sum of the preceding arguments. For instance, <minus|1> produces -1 and <minus|1|2|3|4> yields 2.

<times|expr-1|⋯|expr-n>
(multiplication)

Multiply two numbers expr-1 until expr-n. One of the arguments is also allowed to be a length, in which case a length is returned. For instance, <times|3|3> evaluates to 9 and <times|3|2cm> to .

<over|expr-1|⋯|expr-n>
(division)

Divide the product of all but the last argument by the last argument. For instance, <over|1|2|3|4|5|6|7> evaluates to 102.857, <over|3spc|7> to , and <over|1cm|1pt> to 28.4528.

<div|expr-1|expr-2>

<mod|expr-1|expr-2>
(division with remainder)

Compute the result of the division of an integer expr-1 by an integer expr-2, or its remainder. For instance, <div|18|7>=2 and <mod|18|7>=4.

<equal|expr-1|expr-2>

<unequal|expr-1|expr-2>

<less|expr-1|expr-2>

<lesseq|expr-1|expr-2>

<greater|expr-1|expr-2>

<greatereq|expr-1|expr-2>
(comparing numbers or lengths)

Return the result of the comparison between two numbers or lengths. For instance, <less|123|45> yields false and <less|123mm|45cm> yields true.

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