9.3.153 TAN (X)

Description:  Produces the tangent of X. 
Class:  Elemental function; Generic 
Arguments:  X must be of type real. It must be in radians and is treated as modulo 2 * pi.  
Results:  The result type is the same as X. 

Specific Name  Argument Type  Result Type 
TAN  REAL(4)  REAL(4) 
DTAN  REAL(8)  REAL(8) 
QTAN  REAL(16)  REAL(16) 

Examples

TAN (2.0) has the value -2.185040.

TAN (0.8) has the value 1.029639.


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