13.14.6 The area of a polygon: area
The area command finds the area of a circle or star-shaped polygon.
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area takes one argument:
P, a circle or polygon which is star-shaped with respect to its
first vertex (i.e., the line segment from the first vertex to any
point in the polygon lies within the polygon).
- area(P) returns the area of P.
Examples.
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Input:
area(triangle(0,1,i))
Output:
- Input:
area(square(0,2))
Output:
The area command has areaat and areaatraw
versions (see Section 13.14.1).