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TAN(3P)                    POSIX Programmer's Manual                   TAN(3P)
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NAME
       tan, tanf, tanl -- tangent function
SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>
       double tan(double x);
       float tanf(float x);
       long double tanl(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 tangent of their argument x, measured
       in radians.
       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 tangent of
       x.
       If the correct value would cause underflow, and is not representable, a
       range error may occur, and tan(), tanf(), and tanl() shall return  0.0,
       or  (if  IEC  60559 Floating-Point is not supported) an implementation-
       defined value no  greater  in  magnitude  than  DBL_MIN,  FLT_MIN,  and
       LDBL_MIN, respectively.
       If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
       If x is +-0, x shall be returned.
       If x is subnormal, a range error may occur
       and x should be returned.
       If  x is not returned, tan(), tanf(), and tanl() shall return an imple-
       mentation-defined value no greater in magnitude than DBL_MIN,  FLT_MIN,
       and LDBL_MIN, respectively.
       If  x  is  +-Inf, a domain error shall occur, and either a NaN (if sup-
       ported), or an implementation-defined value shall be returned.
       If the correct value would cause underflow,  and  is  representable,  a
       range error may occur and the correct value shall be returned.
       If  the  correct  value would cause overflow, a range error shall occur
       and tan(), tanf(), and tanl() shall return +-HUGE_VAL, +-HUGE_VALF, and
       +-HUGE_VALL,  respectively,  with the same sign as the correct value of
       the function.
ERRORS
       These functions shall fail if:
       Domain Error
                   The value of x 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.
       Range Error The result overflows
                   If the integer expression (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERRNO)
                   is  non-zero,  then errno shall be set to [ERANGE].  If the
                   integer expression (math_errhandling &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is
                   non-zero,  then the overflow floating-point exception shall
                   be raised.
       These functions may fail if:
       Range Error The result underflows, or the value of x is subnormal.
                   If the integer expression (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERRNO)
                   is  non-zero,  then errno shall be set to [ERANGE].  If the
                   integer expression (math_errhandling &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is
                   non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall
                   be raised.
       The following sections are informative.
EXAMPLES
   Taking the Tangent of a 45-Degree Angle
           #include <math.h>
           ...
           double radians = 45.0 * M_PI / 180;
           double result;
           ...
           result = tan (radians);
APPLICATION USAGE
       There are no known floating-point representations such that for a  nor-
       mal argument, tan(x) is either overflow or underflow.
       These  functions may lose accuracy when their argument is near a multi-
       ple of n/2 or is far from 0.0.
       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
       atan(), feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), isnan()
       The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1-2008, Section 4.19, Treatment of
       Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>
COPYRIGHT
       Portions  of  this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form
       from IEEE Std 1003.1, 2013 Edition, Standard for Information Technology
       --  Portable  Operating  System  Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base
       Specifications Issue 7, Copyright (C) 2013 by the Institute of Electri-
       cal  and  Electronics  Engineers,  Inc  and  The  Open Group.  (This is
       POSIX.1-2008 with the 2013 Technical Corrigendum  1  applied.)  In  the
       event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and
       The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard
       is  the  referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online
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