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c73595c2 35.TH ACOS 3 2015-04-19 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
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36.SH NAME
37acos, acosf, acosl \- arc cosine function
38.SH SYNOPSIS
39.nf
40.B #include <math.h>
41.sp
42.BI "double acos(double " x );
43.BI "float acosf(float " x );
44.BI "long double acosl(long double " x );
45.fi
46.sp
20c58d70 47Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
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48.sp
49.in -4n
50Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see
51.BR feature_test_macros (7)):
52.in
53.sp
54.ad l
55.BR acosf (),
56.BR acosl ():
36e93b81 57.RS 4
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58_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE\ >=\ 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE ||
59_POSIX_C_SOURCE\ >=\ 200112L;
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60.br
61or
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36e93b81 63.RE
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fea681da 65.SH DESCRIPTION
5600f73a 66These functions calculate the arc cosine of
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67.IR x ;
68that is
69the value whose cosine is
70.IR x .
47297adb 71.SH RETURN VALUE
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72On success, these functions return the arc cosine of
73.IR x
74in radians; the return value is in the range [0,\ pi].
75
76If
77.I x
78is a NaN, a NaN is returned.
79
80If
81.I x
82is +1,
83+0 is returned.
84
85If
86.I x
87is positive infinity or negative infinity,
efe294cb 88a domain error occurs,
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89and a NaN is returned.
90
91If
92.I x
93is outside the range [\-1,\ 1],
efe294cb 94a domain error occurs,
e279ffc3 95and a NaN is returned.
fea681da 96.SH ERRORS
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97See
98.BR math_error (7)
99for information on how to determine whether an error has occurred
100when calling these functions.
101.PP
102The following errors can occur:
fea681da 103.TP
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104Domain error: \fIx\fP is outside the range [\-1,\ 1]
105.I errno
106is set to
107.BR EDOM .
108An invalid floating-point exception
109.RB ( FE_INVALID )
110is raised.
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111.SH ATTRIBUTES
112For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see
113.BR attributes (7).
114.TS
115allbox;
116lbw24 lb lb
117l l l.
118Interface Attribute Value
119T{
120.BR acos (),
121.BR acosf (),
122.BR acosl ()
123T} Thread safety MT-Safe
124.TE
47297adb 125.SH CONFORMING TO
9a74e018 126C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008.
e05e3635 127
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128The variant returning
129.I double
130also conforms to
131SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.
47297adb 132.SH SEE ALSO
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133.BR asin (3),
134.BR atan (3),
135.BR atan2 (3),
36268806 136.BR cacos (3),
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137.BR cos (3),
138.BR sin (3),
139.BR tan (3)