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ACOS(3)                 NetBSD Library Functions Manual                ACOS(3)


NAME

     acos, acosf, acosl -- arc cosine function


LIBRARY

     Math Library (libm, -lm)


SYNOPSIS

     #include <math.h>

     double
     acos(double x);

     float
     acosf(float x);

     long double
     acosl(long double x);


DESCRIPTION

     The acos(), acosf(), and acosl() functions compute the principal value of
     the arc cosine of x in the range [0, pi].


RETURN VALUES

     If |x|>1, acos(x), acosf(x), and acosl(x) set the global variable errno
     to EDOM.


SEE ALSO

     asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), math(3), sin(3), sinh(3),
     tan(3), tanh(3)


STANDARDS

     The acos() function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999 (``ISO C99'').

NetBSD 10.99                   January 29, 2013                   NetBSD 10.99