std:: cos, std:: cosf, std:: cosl

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Defined in header <cmath>
(1)
float cos ( float num ) ;

double cos ( double num ) ;

long double cos ( long double num ) ;
(until C++23)
/* floating-point-type */
cos ( /* floating-point-type */ num ) ;
(since C++23)
(constexpr since C++26)
float cosf ( float num ) ;
(2) (since C++11)
(constexpr since C++26)
long double cosl ( long double num ) ;
(3) (since C++11)
(constexpr since C++26)
Defined in header <cmath>
template < class Integer >
double cos ( Integer num ) ;
(A) (constexpr since C++26)
1-3) Computes the cosine of num (measured in radians). The library provides overloads of std::cos for all cv-unqualified floating-point types as the type of the parameter. (since C++23)
A) Additional overloads are provided for all integer types, which are treated as double .
(since C++11)

Parameters

num - floating-point or integer value representing angle in radians

Return value

If no errors occur, the cosine of num ( cos(num) ) in the range [ - 1.0 , + 1.0 ] , is returned.

The result may have little or no significance if the magnitude of num is large.

(until C++11)

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, the result is 1.0 .
  • 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 additional overloads are not required to be provided exactly as (A) . They only need to be sufficient to ensure that for their argument num of integer type, std :: cos ( num ) has the same effect as std :: cos ( static_cast < double > ( num ) ) .

Example

#include <cerrno>
#include <cfenv>
#include <cmath>
#include <iomanip>
#include <iostream>
#include <numbers>
 
// #pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
 
constexpr double pi = std::numbers::pi; // or std::acos(-1) before C++20
 
constexpr double your_cos(double x)
{
    double cos{1}, pow{x};
    for (auto fac{1ull}, n{1ull}; n != 19; fac *= ++n, pow *= x)
        if ((n & 1) == 0)
            cos += (n & 2 ? -pow : pow) / fac;
    return cos;
}
 
int main()
{
    std::cout << std::setprecision(10) << std::showpos
              << "Typical usage:\n"
              << "std::cos(pi/3) = " << std::cos(pi / 3) << '\n'
              << "your cos(pi/3) = " << your_cos(pi / 3) << '\n'
              << "std::cos(pi/2) = " << std::cos(pi / 2) << '\n'
              << "your cos(pi/2) = " << your_cos(pi / 2) << '\n'
              << "std::cos(-3*pi/4) = " << std::cos(-3 * pi / 4) << '\n'
              << "your cos(-3*pi/4) = " << your_cos(-3 * pi / 4) << '\n'
              << "Special values:\n"
              << "std::cos(+0) = " << std::cos(0.0) << '\n'
              << "std::cos(-0) = " << std::cos(-0.0) << '\n';
 
    // error handling
    std::feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
 
    std::cout << "cos(INFINITY) = " << std::cos(INFINITY) << '\n';
    if (std::fetestexcept(FE_INVALID))
        std::cout << "    FE_INVALID raised\n";
}

Possible output:

Typical usage:
std::cos(pi/3) = +0.5
your cos(pi/3) = +0.5
std::cos(pi/2) = +6.123233996e-17
your cos(pi/2) = -3.373452105e-15
std::cos(-3*pi/4) = -0.7071067812
your cos(-3*pi/4) = -0.7071067812
Special values:
std::cos(+0) = +1
std::cos(-0) = +1
cos(INFINITY) = -nan
    FE_INVALID raised

See also

(C++11) (C++11)
computes sine ( sin(x) )
(function)
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computes tangent ( tan(x) )
(function)
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computes arc cosine ( arccos(x) )
(function)
computes cosine of a complex number ( cos(z) )
(function template)
applies the function std::cos to each element of valarray
(function template)