There are two types of expressions permissible in the language: 'functional' expression and 'logical' expression.
The functional expression is a conventional numerical expression built with using:
There are conventional arithmetic operators, all of them always result in a floating point (double) number:
'+' is also used as unary in prefix form, e.g., +100;
'-' is also used as unary in prefix form, e.g., -100;
There are the following geometric operators relevant for F-rep that are applied to any functional expressions semantically treated as geometric objects:
sphere1 | sphere2;
sphere1 & sphere2;
sphere1 \ sphere2;
disk @ segment.
The following mathematical functions taking any numerical (functional) expressions and resulting in double number can be used in the functional expressions:
An extensible FRep library contains functions representing geometric primitives, operations, and attributes. Each function has its own set of arguments (parameters) of predetermined types, all of which are functional expressions. The result returned through the function name is a real number. Some functions can return numerical values or arrays of numerical values through output or input/output parameters.
Examples of library functions:
There can be references in the functional expression to geometric objects defined in the same program or saved in the special library. The form of a corresponding call stems from a syntax of object's head. The result returned through the object name is a real number. The third parameter representing attribute array can also be output parameter.
ColorSphere(xc, ac, sc);
The logical expression is built of functional expressions as its arguments using relational and boolean operators. The functional expression value '0' is treated as boolean 'false'; other values are treated as 'true' in the logical expressions.
There are the following relational operators:
'<', '>', '⇐', '>=', '=', '/='.
There are two infix boolean operators ('and', 'or') and one being used in prefix form ('not'). Examples:
i < 4;
(x = a and (2 ⇐ xx < 5.5))
In both kinds of expressions, parentheses can be used by a traditional manner and are recommended for usage to make expressions structure clearer. The rules of precedence in the expressions are also traditional. Note only that the special geometric operators have lower precedence (and accordingly are executed later) than the arithmetic operators.