cos

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Defined in header <math.h>
float       cosf( float arg );
(since C99)
double      cos( double arg );
long double cosl( long double arg );
(since C99)

Computes cosine of arg

[edit] Parameters

arg - floating point value representing angle in radians

[edit] Return value

Cosine of arg in the range [-1.0 ; 1.0].

Domain error occurs if arg is infinite. NAN is returned in that case.

[edit] See also

computes sine (sin(x))
(function)
computes tangent (tan(x))
(function)
computes arc cosine (arccos(x))
(function)