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asin

 
 

Library: Math, trigonometry (OMTRIG)
Import: omtrig.xmd
Return type: OMX
Returns: 

The arc sine of the floating point value.


Declaration

  export external float function
       asin value float x


Purpose

Use asin to calculate, in radians, the arc sine (inverse sine) of a floating point number. This trigonometric function works the same way as its equivalent in the C math library.

Out-of-range values, (|x| > 1), return "not a number" (NaN).

The following sample shows how to use asin to calculate the value of the arc sine of 0.999. The result is 1.526071239626164.

  import "omtrig.xmd" unprefixed
  import "omfloat.xmd" unprefixed
  process
     local float x initial {0.999}
     output "The arc sine of x is "
         || "d" % (asin x)
         || " %n"
  ; Output: "The arc sine of x is 1.526071239626164"

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