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Mathematical Library Functionstan(3M)


NAME

 tan - tangent function

SYNOPSIS

 
cc [ flag ... ] file ... -lm [ library ... ]
#include <math.h>
double tan(double x);

DESCRIPTION

 

The tan() function computes the tangent of its argument x, measured in radians.


RETURN VALUES

 

Upon successful completion, tan() returns the tangent of x.

If x is NaN or +-Inf, NaN is returned.


ERRORS

 

No errors will occur.


ATTRIBUTES

 

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
MT-LevelMT-Safe

SEE ALSO

 

atan(3M), isnan(3M), attributes(5)



SunOS 5.9Go To TopLast Changed 29 Dec 1996