ASIN(3)                   Linux Programmer's Manual                  ASIN(3)

NAME         top

       asin, asinf, asinl - arc sine function

SYNOPSIS         top

       #include <math.h>

       double asin(double x);
       float asinf(float x);
       long double asinl(long double x);

       Link with -lm.

   Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):

       asinf(), asinl():
           _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
               || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
               || /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE

DESCRIPTION         top

       These functions calculate the principal value of the arc sine of x;
       that is the value whose sine is x.

RETURN VALUE         top

       On success, these functions return the principal value of the arc
       sine of x in radians; the return value is in the range [-pi/2, pi/2].

       If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.

       If x is +0 (-0), +0 (-0) is returned.

       If x is outside the range [-1, 1], a domain error occurs, and a NaN
       is returned.

ERRORS         top

       See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an
       error has occurred when calling these functions.

       The following errors can occur:

       Domain error: x is outside the range [-1, 1]
              errno is set to EDOM.  An invalid floating-point exception
              (FE_INVALID) is raised.

ATTRIBUTES         top

       For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
       attributes(7).

       ┌─────────────────────────┬───────────────┬─────────┐
       │Interface                │ Attribute     │ Value   │
       ├─────────────────────────┼───────────────┼─────────┤
       │asin(), asinf(), asinl() │ Thread safety │ MT-Safe │
       └─────────────────────────┴───────────────┴─────────┘

CONFORMING TO         top

       C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.

       The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.

SEE ALSO         top

       acos(3), atan(3), atan2(3), casin(3), cos(3), sin(3), tan(3)

COLOPHON         top

       This page is part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project.  A
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       latest version of this page, can be found at
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                                 2017-09-15                          ASIN(3)

Pages that refer to this page: acos(3),  atan2(3),  atan(3),  cos(3),  sin(3),  tan(3)

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