Tan Routine

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Unit[]

Math Unit

Description[]

Tan() function takes an angle and return tangent of angle. The angle is in radiant unit. Declaration is as follow:

 function Tan(const angle:extended):extended;

Technical Comments[]

Tan() returns exception if you set angle to Pi.

Examples[]

 var 
   an_angle:extended;
   tangent:extended;
 ...
 an_angle:=0.25*Pi;
 tangent:=Tan(an_angle);

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