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The Math object contains various math-related constants (for example, π) and functions (for example, cosine). (Note that the Math object has no constructor, unlike Array or Date. All its methods are "static", that is "class" methods.) All the trigonometric functions use angles expressed in radians, not degrees or grads.
Presumably, the script mistook "34" for the year (even though it was hyphenated) and sought to remove the comma where it would not belong in DMY format; however, the comma is needed to separate the age from the date where this might otherwise be confusing to parse the sentence. I assume this is too advanced for the script to distinguish.
TUTOR: Lines starting with a tab (after any indentation required by the context) continue the prior command. The C compiler concatenates adjacent string literals even if on separate lines, but this is not line continuation syntax as it works the same regardless of the kind of whitespace between the literals.
One comma between the day and year, and one comma after the year (unless some other puncutation follows the year). See Chicago Manual of Style, Section 6.46: "In the month-day-year style of dates, the style most commonly used in the United States and hence now recommended by Chicago, commas are used both before and after the year.
In a list or sequence, if even one item needs its own internal comma, use of the semicolon as the separator throughout that list is justified, as shown by this example from the California Penal Code: A crime or public offense is an act committed or omitted in violation of a law forbidding or commanding it, and to which is annexed, upon ...
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"A comma is used before and, or, or etc. in a list when its omission might either give rise to ambiguity or cause the last word or phrase to be construed with a preposition in the preceding phrase. … Generally, however, a comma is not used before and, or or etc. in a list."
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