SHIP:Sail:tan

Function	Returns	Introduced	Description
tan	Float	v5.1.0	Calculates the tan of a radian angle

See Also:

• Sail Home
• Sail Functions
• Sail Numeric Functions
• Sail Trigonometric Functions

Prototype

Float tan(Float angle);

Parameters/Return Value

Parameter	Data Type	Description
angle	Float	the angle, in radians, to take the tan of
Return	Float	tan(angle)

Detailed Description

The tan() function returns the tan of the supplied radian angle. If you have an angle in degrees you can use tan(toRadians(angle))

Examples

Example	Result	Notes
tan(-5.1f);	0.958924...
tan(2.2f);	0.808496...
tan(M_PI_2);	1
tan(M_PI);	0