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ASIN(3) | Linux Programmer's Manual | ASIN(3) |
NAME¶
asin, asinf, asinl - arc sine function
SYNOPSIS¶
#include <math.h>
double asin(double x); float asinf(float x); long double asinl(long double x);
Link with -lm.
asinf(), asinl():
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION¶
These functions calculate the principal value of the arc sine of x; that is the value whose sine is x.
RETURN VALUE¶
On success, these functions return the principal value of the arc sine of x in radians; the return value is in the range [-pi/2, pi/2].
If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
If x is +0 (-0), +0 (-0) is returned.
If x is outside the range [-1, 1], a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned.
ERRORS¶
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
- Domain error: x is outside the range [-1, 1]
- errno is set to EDOM. An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised.
ATTRIBUTES¶
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
asin (), asinf (), asinl () | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
CONFORMING TO¶
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
SEE ALSO¶
acos(3), atan(3), atan2(3), casin(3), cos(3), sin(3), tan(3)
COLOPHON¶
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2017-09-15 |