TAN

Elemental Intrinsic Function (Generic): Produces the tangent of x.

Syntax

result = TAN (x)

x

(Input) Must be of type real or complex. If x is of type real, it must be in radians and is treated as modulo 2 * pi.

If x is of type complex, its real part is regarded as a value in radians.

Results

The result type is the same as x.

Specific Name

Argument Type

Result Type

TAN

REAL(4)

REAL(4)

DTAN

REAL(8)

REAL(8)

QTAN

REAL(16)

REAL(16)

CTAN1

COMPLEX(4)

COMPLEX(4)

CDTAN2

COMPLEX(8)

COMPLEX(8)

CQTAN

COMPLEX(16)

COMPLEX(16)

1The setting of compiler options specifying real size can affect CTAN.

2This function can also be specified as ZTAN.

Example

TAN (2.0) has the value -2.185040.

TAN (0.8) has the value 1.029639.