The imag() Command
The imag() command returns the imaginary component of a complex number, opposed to real(), which returns the real component.
Returns the imaginary component of a complex number.
imag(value)
Menu Location
The command catalog.
This command works on all calculators.
1 byte
This command takes a single complex number as an input, and returns the second (imaginary) component.
(Please note that in this example, 𝑖 denotes the imaginary unit, not the letter i.)
:(1.2,3.4𝑖)→z
:imag(z)
3.4
:𝜋𝑖→c
:imag(c)
𝜋Advanced Uses
Storing two numbers as one variable
:2→a
:7→b
:(a+b𝑖)→z
:real(z)
2
:imag(z)
7