TAN

Summary


Tan returns the tangent of its argument.

Syntax

   tan( exp_num )

Parameters

Element

Description

Restrictions

exp_num

Numeric expression.

-1e10 <=exp_num <=1e10

Examples

   Y = tan(45)

Description and comments

This function returns the tangent of the argument expressed in the current angular mode.

tan is the converse function of the function atan.

The type of result is Double.

Associated errors

Error

Description

ERMODE (10)

The argument is not of the numeric type.

ERHUGE (13)

| exp_num | > 1e10

Associated keywords

SIN - COS - ASIN - ACOS - ATAN - ATAN2 - ANGLE - ADXMDA


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