NAME

sin, sinf, sinl - sine function

SYNOPSIS

#include <math.h>

double sin(double x);

float sinf(float x);

long double sinl(long double x);

Link with -lm.

DESCRIPTION

The sin() function returns the sine of x, where x is given in radians.

RETURN VALUE

The sin() function returns a value between -1 and 1.

CONFORMING TO

SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89. The float and long double variants are C99 requirements.

SEE ALSO

acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), csin(3), cos(3), tan(3)

COLOPHON

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