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Math::Tan Method
Visual Studio 2010
Returns the tangent of the specified angle.
Assembly: mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
Parameters
- a
- Type: System::Double
An angle, measured in radians.
Return Value
Type: System::DoubleThe tangent of a. If a is equal to NaN, NegativeInfinity, or PositiveInfinity, this method returns NaN.
The following example demonstrates how to calculate the tangent of an angle and display it to the console.
// This example demonstrates Math.Atan() // Math.Atan2() // Math.Tan() using namespace System; int 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. */
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
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