Math.Tan Method

public static double Tan (
	double a
)

public static double Tan (
	double a
)

public static function Tan (
	a : double
) : double

// This example demonstrates Math.Atan()
//                           Math.Atan2()
//                           Math.Tan()
using System;

class Sample 
{
    public static void Main() 
    {
    double x = 1.0;
    double y = 2.0;
    double angle;
    double radians;
    double result;

// Calculate the tangent of 30 degrees.
    angle = 30;
    radians = angle * (Math.PI/180);
    result = Math.Tan(radians);
    Console.WriteLine("The tangent of 30 degrees is {0}.", result);

// Calculate the arctangent of the previous tangent.
    radians = Math.Atan(result);
    angle = radians * (180/Math.PI);
    Console.WriteLine("The previous tangent is equivalent to {0} degrees.", angle);

// Calculate the arctangent of an angle.
    String line1 = "{0}The arctangent of the angle formed by the x-axis and ";
    String line2 = "a vector to point ({0},{1}) is {2}, ";
    String line3 = "which is equivalent to {0} degrees.";

    radians = Math.Atan2(y, x);
    angle = radians * (180/Math.PI);

    Console.WriteLine(line1, Environment.NewLine);
    Console.WriteLine(line2, x, y, radians);
    Console.WriteLine(line3, angle);
    }
}
/*
This example produces the following results:

The tangent of 30 degrees is 0.577350269189626.
The previous tangent is equivalent to 30 degrees.

The arctangent of the angle formed by the x-axis and
a vector to point (1,2) is 1.10714871779409,
which is equivalent to 63.434948822922 degrees.
*/

// This example demonstrates Math.Atan()
//                           Math.Atan2()
//                           Math.Tan()

import System.*;

class Sample
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        double x = 1.0;
        double y = 2.0;
        double angle;
        double radians;
        double result;

        // Calculate the tangent of 30 degrees.
        angle = 30;
        radians = angle * (Math.PI / 180);
        result = System.Math.Tan(radians);
        Console.WriteLine("The tangent of 30 degrees is {0}.", 
            System.Convert.ToString(result));

        // Calculate the arctangent of the previous tangent.
        radians = System.Math.Atan(result);
        angle = radians * (180 / Math.PI);
        Console.WriteLine("The previous tangent is equivalent to {0} degrees.",
            System.Convert.ToString(angle));

        // Calculate the arctangent of an angle.
        String line1 = "{0}The arctangent of the angle formed by"
            + " the x-axis and ";
        String line2 = "a vector to point ({0},{1}) is {2}, ";
        String line3 = "which is equivalent to {0} degrees.";

        radians = System.Math.Atan2(y, x);
        angle = radians * (180 / Math.PI);

        Console.WriteLine(line1, Environment.get_NewLine());
        Console.WriteLine(line2, System.Convert.ToString(x), 
            System.Convert.ToString(y), System.Convert.ToString(radians));
        Console.WriteLine(line3, System.Convert.ToString(angle));
    } //main
} //Sample

/*
This example produces the following results:

The tangent of 30 degrees is 0.577350269189626.
The previous tangent is equivalent to 30 degrees.

The arctangent of the angle formed by the x-axis and
a vector to point (1,2) is 1.10714871779409,
which is equivalent to 63.434948822922 degrees.
*/