Given an angle in radians, returns the tangent of the angle. In a right triangle the tangent of an acute angle is the ratio of the length of the opposite side to the length of the adjacent side.

Syntax

@Tan( angle )

Parameters

angle

Number or number list. Any angle, expressed in radians.

tangent

Number or number list. The tangent of angle.

If the parameter is a list, the function operates on each element of the list, and the return value is a list with the same number of elements.

Language cross-reference

Tan function in LotusScript language

Example
See Also

Performing arithmetic operations

Glossary