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SIN(3P)                    POSIX Programmer's Manual                   SIN(3P)
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NAME
       sin, sinf, sinl -- sine function
SYNOPSIS
       #include <math.h>
       double sin(double x);
       float sinf(float x);
       long double sinl(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 sine 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 sine of x.
       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, sin(), sinf(), and sinl() 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 a NaN shall be returned.
ERRORS
       These functions shall fail if:
       Domain Error
                   The x argument 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.
       These functions may fail if:
       Range Error 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 Sine of a 45-Degree Angle
           #include <math.h>
           ...
           double radians = 45.0 * M_PI / 180;
           double result;
           ...
           result = sin(radians);
APPLICATION USAGE
       These functions may lose accuracy when their argument is near a  multi-
       ple of n 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
       asin(), 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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