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asin

Section: Mathematical Library Functions (3M)
Updated: 12 Jul 2006
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NAME

asin, asinf, asinl - arc sine function  

SYNOPSIS

c99 [ flag... ] file... -lm [ library... ]
#include <math.h>

double asin(double x);

float asinf(float x);

long double asinl(long double x);  

DESCRIPTION

These functions compute the principal value of the arc sine of their argument x. The value of x should be in the range [-1,1].  

RETURN VALUES

Upon successful completion, these functions return the arc sine of x in the range [-pi/2, pi/2] radians.

For finite values of x not in the range [-1,1], a domain error occurs and a NaN is returned.

If x is NaN, NaN is returned.

If x is ±0, x is returned.

If x is ±Inf, a domain error occurs and a NaN is returned.

For exceptional cases, matherr(3M) tabulates the values to be returned by asin() as specified by SVID3 and XPG3.  

ERRORS

These functions will fail if:

Domain Error The x argument is finite and not in the range [-1,1], or is ±Inf.

If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is non-zero, the invalid floating-point exception is raised.

The asin() function sets errno to EDOM if x is not ±Inf or NaN and is not in the range [-1,1].

 

USAGE

An application wanting to check for exceptions should call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions. On return, if fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an exception has been raised. An application should either examine the return value or check the floating point exception flags to detect exceptions.

An application can also set errno to 0 before calling asin(). On return, if errno is non-zero, an error has occurred. The asinf() and asinl() functions do not set errno.  

ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityStandard
MT-LevelMT-Safe

 

SEE ALSO

isnan(3M), feclearexcept(3M), fetestexcept(3M), math.h(3HEAD), matherr(3M), sin(3M), attributes(5), standards(5)


 

Index

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
RETURN VALUES
ERRORS
USAGE
ATTRIBUTES
SEE ALSO

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