9.3.3 ACOS (X)

Description:  Produces the arccosine of X. 
Class:  Elemental function; Generic 
Arguments:  X must be of type real. The |X| must be less than or equal to 1. 
Results:  The result type is the same as X and is expressed in radians. The value lies in the range 0 to pi. 

Specific Name  Argument Type  Result Type 
ACOS  REAL(4)  REAL(4) 
DACOS  REAL(8)  REAL(8) 
QACOS  REAL(16)  REAL(16) 

Examples

ACOS (0.68032123) has the value .8225955.


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