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<p>Division by zero is a parse error.
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<p>Values inside a calc() expression must all be either (a)
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numbers or (b) legal values for the property, or values that
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would be legal if it weren't for range restrictions (such
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as the restriction that 'width' accepts only positive values).
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<p>The semantic constraints are as follows: The context of the
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expression imposes a target type, which is one of length, frequency,
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angle, time, or number. Any PERCENTAGE token in the expression also
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has that type. The NUMBER tokens obviously are of type number, and the
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DIMENSION tokens have types that depend on their units (cm, px, deg,
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expression imposes a <em>target type</em>, which is one of length, frequency,
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angle, time, or number. Any PERCENTAGE token in the expression has the
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target type. The NUMBER tokens are of type number, and the DIMENSION
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tokens have types of their units ('cm' is length, 'deg' is angle
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etc.). At each operator, the types of the left and right side have to
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be compared and, if compatible, they yield a result type, roughly as
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be compared and, if compatible, they yield a <em>result type</em>, roughly as
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follows (the following ignores precedence rules on the operators for
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simplicity):
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<ol>
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<li>At ",", "+", "-":<br>
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check: both sides have the same type<br>
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</ol>
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<h3>&lt;string&gt;</h3>
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<p>Strings are denoted by <dfn>&lt;string&gt;</dfn> in the value

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