tan, tanf, tanl, tanh, tanhf, tanhl

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12/18/2017

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Calculates the tangent (tan, tanf, or tanl), or hyperbolic tangent (tanh, tanhf, or tanhl).

Syntax

double tan(  
   double x   
);  
float tan(  
   float x   
);  // C++ only  
long double tan(  
   long double x  
);  // C++ only  
float tanf(  
   float x   
);  
long double tanl(  
   long double x  
);  
double tanh(  
   double x   
);  
float tanh(  
   float x   
);  // C++ only  
long double tanh(  
   long double x  
);  // C++ only  
float tanhf(  
   float x   
);  
long double tanhl(  
   long double x  
);

Parameters

x
Angle in radians.

Return Value

The tan functions return the tangent of x. If x is greater than or equal to 263, or less than or equal to –263, a loss of significance in the result occurs.

The tanh functions return the hyperbolic tangent of x. There is no error return.

Input	SEH Exception	`Matherr` Exception
± QNAN,IND	none	_DOMAIN
± ∞ (`tan`, `tanf`)	`INVALID`	_DOMAIN

Remarks

Because C++ allows overloading, you can call overloads of tan and tanh that take and return float or long double values. In a C program, tan and tanh always take and return double.

Requirements

Routine	Required header
`tan`, `tanf`, `tanl`, `tanh`, `tanhf`, `tanhl`	<math.h>

For additional compatibility information, see Compatibility.

Example

// crt_tan.c  
// This program displays the tangent of pi / 4  
// and the hyperbolic tangent of the result.  
//  
  
#include <math.h>  
#include <stdio.h>  
  
int main( void )  
{  
   double pi = 3.1415926535;  
   double x, y;  
  
   x = tan( pi / 4 );  
   y = tanh( x );  
   printf( "tan( %f ) = %f\n", pi/4, x );  
   printf( "tanh( %f ) = %f\n", x, y );  
}

tan( 0.785398 ) = 1.000000  
tanh( 1.000000 ) = 0.761594