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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>

       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 .