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7.6 The DATE module

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Sealed methods

Summary

Multiplies a duration by a scale factor.

Signature

* duration scale => new-duration
* scale duration => new-duration

Arguments

duration
An instance of <duration>.

scale
An instance of <real>.

Note: These arguments can be expressed in any order.

Values

new-duration
An instance of <date> or <duration>. See description for details.

Library

system

Module

date

Description

Multiples a duration by a scale factor and returns the result. Note that the arguments can be expressed in any order: methods are defined such that the duration can be placed first or second in the list of arguments.

See also

+, page 129

-, page 130

/, page 132


System and I/O Reference - 31 MAR 2000

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