tan

Computes the tangent of numeric types.

Prototype

	function tan (
		value  : numeric   
	)

	return_val [dimsizes(value)] :  float or double

Arguments

One or more values of any dimension, in radians.

Return value

Returns an array dimensioned the same as value.

The return type is floating point if the input is floating point, and double if the input is of type double.

Description

This function returns the tangent of each element of value. Missing values are ignored.

See Also

sin, cos

Examples

Example 1

  f = 5.6
  tan_f = tan(f)
  print(tan_f)        ; Should be -0.8139434