NAME

       sin, sinf, sinl - sine function

SYNOPSIS

       #include <math.h>

       double sin(double x);
       float sinf(float x);
       long double sinl(long double x);

DESCRIPTION

       These functions shall compute the sine of their argument x, measured in radians.

       An  application  wishing  to  check for error situations should set errno to zero and call
       feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these functions.  On return, if errno is  non-
       zero  or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero,
       an error has occurred.

RETURN VALUE

       Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the sine of x.

       If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.

       If x is ±0, x shall be returned.

       If x is subnormal, a range error may occur and x should be returned.

       If x is ±Inf, a domain error  shall  occur,  and  either  a  NaN  (if  supported),  or  an
       implementation-defined value shall be returned.

ERRORS

       These functions shall fail if:

       Domain Error
              The x argument is ±Inf.

       If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be
       set to [EDOM]. If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is  non-zero,
       then the invalid floating-point exception shall be raised.

       These functions may fail if:

       Range Error
              The value of x is subnormal

       If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) is non-zero, then errno shall be
       set to [ERANGE]. If the integer expression (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERREXCEPT)  is  non-
       zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall be raised.

       The following sections are informative.

EXAMPLES

   Taking the Sine of a 45-Degree Angle
              #include <math.h>
              ...
              double radians = 45.0 * M_PI / 180;
              double result;
              ...
              result = sin(radians);

APPLICATION USAGE

       These  functions  may lose accuracy when their argument is near a multiple of pi or is far
       from 0.0.

       On  error,  the  expressions  (math_errhandling  &  MATH_ERRNO)  and  (math_errhandling  &
       MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but at least one of them must be non-zero.

RATIONALE

       None.

FUTURE DIRECTIONS

       None.

SEE ALSO

       asin()  ,  feclearexcept()  ,  fetestexcept()  ,  isnan() , the Base Definitions volume of
       IEEE Std 1003.1-2001,  Section  4.18,  Treatment  of  Error  Conditions  for  Mathematical
       Functions, <math.h>

COPYRIGHT

       Portions  of  this  text  are  reprinted  and  reproduced in electronic form from IEEE Std
       1003.1, 2003 Edition, Standard for Information Technology  --  Portable  Operating  System
       Interface  (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifications Issue 6, Copyright (C) 2001-2003 by
       the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and  The  Open  Group.  In  the
       event  of  any  discrepancy  between this version and the original IEEE and The Open Group
       Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group  Standard  is  the  referee  document.  The
       original Standard can be obtained online at http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html .