tan

Return the tangent of a radian expression.

Syntax

[result =] tan(expr)

Where:

result	specifies a debug object of type real8 to which the function return value is assigned. If name is not specified, the return value is displayed on the next line of the screen.
expr	specifies a number or an expression of type real8 evaluated in radians.

Discussion

Values returned by this function are in real8 (64-bit floating point) precision. These values are displayed in the Command window rounded to 6 decimal digits. However, assignments and comparisons are performed on the full 64-bit value.

Example

Command input:

tan(1)

Result:

1.55741

Related Topics:

acos

asin

atan

atan2

cos

sin