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Contents 1 Definition 2 Parameters 3 Returns 4 Notes

Definition

FLOAT tan ( <FLOAT angle> )

Returns the tangent of a certain angle.

This function performs a tangent calculation on the specified angle and returns the value as a floating point number between -1 and 1.

Parameters

FLOAT angle

- Angle, in thousandths of degrees. i.e. 75000 = 75º

Returns

FLOAT : The tangent result of the specified angle.

Notes

The angle value used in this function should be in thousandths of degrees, as most angles within Fenix are, and will return a floating point value between -1 and 1.

To read about all aspects of trigonometry, you can click on Wikipedia's Trigonometric function page.