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tan(rad)

Description

Calculates the tangent of an angle (in radians). The result will be between negative infinity and infinity.

Parameters

rad: the angle in radians (float)

Returns

The tangent of the angle (double)

Note

Serial.print() and Serial.println() do not currently support printing floats.

See also

• sin()
• cos()
• float
• double

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