ASIN()

Class

Numeric Data

Purpose

Function to return the angle size of any given sine value

Syntax

ASIN(<expN>)

See Also

ACOS(), ATAN(), ATN2(), COS(), DTOR(), EXP(), LOG(), LOG10(), PI(), RTOD(), SET DECIMALS, SET FIXED, SIN(), TAN()

Description

The ASIN() function returns the angle size of sine value. The sine value is represented by the numeric expression <expN>. The numeric expression must fall between -1.0 and +1.0 inclusive. The angle size is returned as a numeric in radians. The SET DECIMALS command determines the number of decimals displayed in the returned angle size.

Example

set decimals to 4
?asin(0.7071)
    0.7854
set decimal to 2
?rtod(asin(sin(dtor(30))))
     30.00

Products

Recital Database Server, Recital Mirage Server, Recital Terminal Developer