1.\" Copyright (c) 1991, 1993 2.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. 3.\" 4.\" %sccs.include.redist.man% 5.\" 6.\" @(#)tan.3 8.1 (Berkeley) 06/04/93 7.\" 8.Dd 9.Dt TAN 3 10.Os 11.Sh NAME 12.Nm tan 13.Nd tangent function 14.Sh SYNOPSIS 15.Fd #include <math.h> 16.Ft double 17.Fn tan "double x" 18.Sh DESCRIPTION 19The 20.Fn tan 21function computes the tangent of 22.Fa x 23(measured in radians). 24A large magnitude argument may yield a result 25with little or no significance. 26For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see 27.Xr math 3 . 28.Sh RETURN VALUES 29The 30.Fn tan 31function returns the tangent value. 32.Sh SEE ALSO 33.Xr acos 3 , 34.Xr asin 3 , 35.Xr atan 3 , 36.Xr atan2 3 , 37.Xr cos 3 , 38.Xr cosh 3 , 39.Xr sin 3 , 40.Xr sinh 3 , 41.Xr tanh 3 , 42.Xr math 3 , 43.Sh STANDARDS 44The 45.Fn tan 46function conforms to 47.St -ansiC . 48