9.3.27 COS (X)

Description:  Produces the cosine of X. 
Class:  Elemental function; Generic 
Arguments:  X must be of type real or complex. It must be in radians and is treated as modulo 2*pi. (If X is of type complex, its real part is regarded as a value in radians.) 
Results:  The result type is the same as X. 

Specific Name  Argument Type  Result Type 
COS  REAL(4)  REAL(4) 
DCOS  REAL(8)  REAL(8) 
QCOS  REAL(16)  REAL(16) 
CCOS 1  COMPLEX(4)  COMPLEX(4) 
CDCOS 2  COMPLEX(8)  COMPLEX(8) 
CQCOS  COMPLEX(16)  COMPLEX(16) 
1 The setting of compiler options specifying real size can affect CCOS.
2 This function can also be specified as ZCOS.

Examples

COS (2.0) has the value -0.4161468.

COS (0.567745) has the value 0.8431157.


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