ASin Procedure

Returns the arcsine of dx.

Syntax

[ dResult = ] ASin ( dx )

The ASin procedure syntax has the following parts:

 

Name

Type

Description

dResult

Double

Result

dx

Val Double

Input value in radians

Comments

This procedure returns the arcsine of dx in radians in the range of 0 to PI. To convert the result from radians to degrees, multiply it by 180/PI. Legal values for dx are 0 or between -1 and +1.

Example

dx = 0.5

df = ASin(dx)

! now df is 0.523599775598299 and dx=0.5

See Also

ACos, ATan, Cos, CosH, PI, Sin, SinH, Tan, TanH