TAN(3)

NAME
tan - tangent function

SYNOPSIS
#include <math.h>
double
tan(double x);

DESCRIPTION
The tan() function computes the tangent of x (measured in radians). A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no significance. For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).

RETURN VALUES
The tan() function returns the tangent value.

SEE ALSO
acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), sin(3), sinh(3), tanh(3), math(3),

STANDARDS
The tan() function conforms to ansiC.