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Mathematical Library Functions                            tan(3M)



NAME
     tan, tanf, tanl - tangent function

SYNOPSIS
     c99 [ flag... ] file... -lm [ library... ]
     #include 

     double tan(double x);


     float tanf(float x);


     long double tanl(long double x);


DESCRIPTION
     These functions compute the tangent  of  their  argument  x,
     measured in radians.

RETURN VALUES
     Upon  successful  completion,  these  functions  return  the
     tangent of x.


     If x is NaN, a NaN is returned.


     If x is +_0, x is returned.


     If x is +_Inf, a domain error occurs and a NaN is returned.

ERRORS
     These functions will fail if:

     Domain Error    The value of x is +_Inf.

                     If the integer expression  (math_errhandling
                     &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is non-zero, the invalid
                     floating-point exception is raised.


USAGE
     There are no known floating-point representations such  that
     for  a  normal argument, tan(x) is either overflow or under-
     flow.


     An application wanting to check for exceptions  should  call
     feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions.
     On  return,  if  fetestexcept(FE_INVALID  |  FE_DIVBYZERO  |



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Mathematical Library Functions                            tan(3M)



     FE_OVERFLOW  |  FE_UNDERFLOW)  is non-zero, an exception has
     been raised. An application should either examine the return
     value  or check the floating point exception flags to detect
     exceptions.

ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Committed                   |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | MT-Level                    | MT-Safe                     |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Standard                    | See standards(5).           |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     atan(3M),  feclearexcept(3M),  fetestexcept(3M),  isnan(3M),
     math.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)






























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