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TAN (3) | C library functions | Unix Manual Pages | :man▋
NAME
tan, tanf - tangent functions
CONTENTS
Library Synopsis Description Return Values See Also Standards
LIBRARY
.Lb libm
SYNOPSIS
.In math.h double tan "double x" float tanf "float x"
DESCRIPTION
The tan and the tanf functions compute the tangent of 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 tan function returns the tangent value.
SEE ALSO
acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), math(3), sin(3), sinh(3), tanh(3)
STANDARDS
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