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tand

Tangent of an argument in degrees

Syntax

Description

Y = tand(X) is the tangent of the elements of X, expressed in degrees. For odd integers n, tand(n*90) is infinite, whereas tan(n*pi/2) is large but finite, reflecting the accuracy of the floating point value of pi.

See Also

atand, tan


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