Developer Guide and Reference

ID 767251
Date 10/31/2024
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SIN

Elemental Intrinsic Function (Generic): Produces the sine of an argument in radians.

result = SIN (x)

x

(Input) Must be of type real or complex. It must be in radians and is treated as modulo 2*pi.

Results

The result type and kind are the same as x.

If x is of type real, the result is a value in radians.

If x is of type complex, the real part of the result is a value in radians.

Specific Name

Argument Type

Result Type

SIN

REAL(4)

REAL(4)

DSIN

REAL(8)

REAL(8)

QSIN

REAL(16)

REAL(16)

CSIN1

COMPLEX(4)

COMPLEX(4)

CDSIN2

COMPLEX(8)

COMPLEX(8)

CQSIN

COMPLEX(16)

COMPLEX(16)

1 The setting of compiler options specifying real size can affect CSIN.

2 This function can also be specified as ZSIN.

Example

SIN (2.0) has the value 0.9092974.

SIN (0.8) has the value 0.7173561.