TAN

Section: C Library Functions (3)
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NAME

tan - tangent function  

SYNOPSIS

Fd #include <math.h> Ft double Fn tan double x Ft float Fn tanf float x  

DESCRIPTION

The Fn tan and Fn tanf functions compute the tangent of Fa x (measured in radians). A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no significance. For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).  

RETURN VALUES

The Fn tan function returns the tangent value.  

SEE ALSO

acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), sin(3), sinh(3), tanh(3), math(3)  

STANDARDS

The Fn tan function conforms to St -ansiC .


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
SEE ALSO
STANDARDS

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