NAME    [Toc]    [Back]

     sin, sinf -- sine functions

LIBRARY    [Toc]    [Back]

     Math Library (libm, -lm)

SYNOPSIS    [Toc]    [Back]

     #include <math.h>

     double
     sin(double x);

     float
     sinf(float x);

DESCRIPTION    [Toc]    [Back]

     The sin() and the sinf() functions compute the sine of x (measured in
     radians).	A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or
     no significance.

RETURN VALUES    [Toc]    [Back]

     The sin() and the sinf() functions return the sine value.

SEE ALSO    [Toc]    [Back]

     acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), math(3), sinh(3),
     tan(3), tanh(3)

STANDARDS    [Toc]    [Back]

     The sin() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1990 (``ISO C89'').


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