sin - Man Page
sine function
Library
Math library (libm, -lm)
Synopsis
#include <math.h> double sin(double x); float sinf(float x); long double sinl(long double x);
Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7)):
sinf(), sinl():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L || /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE || /* glibc <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
Description
These functions return the sine of x, where x is given in radians.
Return Value
On success, these functions return the sine of x.
If x is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
If x is positive infinity or negative infinity, a domain error occurs, and a NaN is returned.
Errors
See math_error(7) for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred when calling these functions.
The following errors can occur:
- Domain error: x is an infinity
errno is set to EDOM (but see Bugs). An invalid floating-point exception (FE_INVALID) is raised.
Attributes
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7).
Interface | Attribute | Value |
---|---|---|
sin(), sinf(), sinl() | Thread safety | MT-Safe |
Standards
C11, POSIX.1-2008.
History
C99, POSIX.1-2001.
The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
Bugs
Before glibc 2.10, the glibc implementation did not set errno to EDOM when a domain error occurred.
See Also
acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), csin(3), sincos(3), tan(3)
Referenced By
acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), sincos(3), tan(3), unu-1op(1).
The man pages sinf(3) and sinl(3) are aliases of sin(3).