imaginary unit j in C++

hi there,

Just messing around with some c++ code just now. In matlab if you
want to deign an algorithm that uses the imaginary unit j (sqrt(-1))
you simply insert j, right? But how do you do this in C++? If humans
can hardly comprehend the imaginary unit then how does a computer
manage to handle it?

Any views?

Thanks,

David

Hi David,
in C++ you usually use elements of the class complex. Imaginary unit would
be

complex X = complex(0,1);

Titus

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> hi there,
>
> Just messing around with some c++ code just now. In matlab if you
> want to deign an algorithm that uses the imaginary unit j (sqrt(-1))
> you simply insert j, right? But how do you do this in C++? If humans
> can hardly comprehend the imaginary unit then how does a computer
> manage to handle it?
>
> Any views?
>
> Thanks,
>
> David