tan, tanf, tanl

Parameters

Return value

If no errors occur, the tangent of arg ( tan(arg) ) is returned.

If a domain error occurs, an implementation-defined value is returned (NaN where supported).

If a range error occurs due to underflow, the correct result (after rounding) is returned.

Error handling

Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling .

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559):

• if the argument is ±0, it is returned unmodified;
• if the argument is ±∞, NaN is returned and FE_INVALID is raised;
• if the argument is NaN, NaN is returned.

Notes

The case where the argument is infinite is not specified to be a domain error in C, but it is defined as a domain error in POSIX .

The function has mathematical poles at π(1/2 + n) ; however no common floating-point representation is able to represent π/2 exactly, thus there is no value of the argument for which a pole error occurs.

Example

#include <errno.h>
#include <fenv.h>
#include <math.h>
#include <stdio.h>
 
#ifndef __GNUC__
#pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
#endif
 
int main(void)
{
    const double pi = acos(-1);
 
    // typical usage
    printf("tan(pi*1/4) = %+f\n", tan(pi * 1 / 4)); //   45 deg
    printf("tan(pi*3/4) = %+f\n", tan(pi * 3 / 4)); //  135 deg
    printf("tan(pi*5/4) = %+f\n", tan(pi * 5 / 4)); // -135 deg
    printf("tan(pi*7/4) = %+f\n", tan(pi * 7 / 4)); //  -45 deg
 
    // special values
    printf("tan(+0) = %f\n", tan(0.0));
    printf("tan(-0) = %f\n", tan(-0.0));
 
    // error handling
    feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
    printf("tan(INFINITY) = %f\n", tan(INFINITY));
    if (fetestexcept(FE_INVALID))
        puts("    FE_INVALID raised");
}

tan(pi*1/4) = +1.000000
tan(pi*3/4) = -1.000000
tan(pi*5/4) = +1.000000
tan(pi*7/4) = -1.000000
tan(+0) = 0.000000
tan(-0) = -0.000000
tan(INFINITY) = -nan
    FE_INVALID raised

References

See also