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ACOS(3P)                   POSIX Programmer's Manual                  ACOS(3P)
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NAME
       acos, acosf, acosl -- arc cosine functions
SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>
       double acos(double x);
       float acosf(float x);
       long double acosl(long double x);
DESCRIPTION
       The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with  the
       ISO C  standard.  Any  conflict between the requirements described here
       and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This  volume  of  POSIX.1-2008
       defers to the ISO C standard.
       These  functions shall compute the principal value of the arc cosine of
       their argument x.  The value of x should be in the range [-1,1].
       An application wishing to check for error situations should  set  errno
       to  zero  and  call  feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT)  before calling these
       functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID |
       FE_DIVBYZERO  |  FE_OVERFLOW  | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has
       occurred.
RETURN VALUE
       Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the arc cosine
       of x, in the range [0,n] radians.
       For  finite  values  of x not in the range [-1,1], a domain error shall
       occur, and either a NaN (if supported),  or  an  implementation-defined
       value shall be returned.
       If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
       If x is +1, +0 shall be returned.
       If x is +-Inf, a domain error shall occur, and a NaN shall be returned.
ERRORS
       These functions shall fail if:
       Domain Error
                   The x argument is finite and is not in the range [-1,1], or
                   is +-Inf.
                   If the integer expression (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERRNO)
                   is  non-zero,  then  errno  shall be set to [EDOM].  If the
                   integer expression (math_errhandling &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is
                   non-zero,  then  the invalid floating-point exception shall
                   be raised.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
       None.
APPLICATION USAGE
       On  error,  the  expressions  (math_errhandling   &   MATH_ERRNO)   and
       (math_errhandling  & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but
       at least one of them must be non-zero.
RATIONALE
       None.
FUTURE DIRECTIONS
       None.
SEE ALSO
       cos(), feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), isnan()
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, Section 4.19, Treatment of
       Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>
COPYRIGHT
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       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
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