std::acos

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Defined in header <cmath>

float       acos( float arg );

double      acos( double arg );

long double acos( long double arg );

Computes arc cosine of arg

[edit] Parameters

arg - floating point value

[edit] Return value

arc sine of arg in radians in the range of [0; π] radians.

Domain error occurs if arg is outside the range [-1.0; 1.0]. NAN is returned in that case.

[edit] See also

asin
computes arc sine (arcsin(x))
(function)
atan
computes arc tangent (arctan(x))
(function)
atan2
arc tangent, using signs to determine quadrants
(function)
cos
computes cosine (cos(x))
(function)