1ASIN(3P) POSIX Programmer's Manual ASIN(3P)
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6 This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. The Linux
7 implementation of this interface may differ (consult the corresponding
8 Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), or the interface may
9 not be implemented on Linux.
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12 asin, asinf, asinl — arc sine function
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15 #include <math.h>
16 double asin(double x);
18 float asinf(float x);
19 long double asinl(long double x);
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22 The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the
23 ISO C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here
24 and the ISO C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1‐2017
25 defers to the ISO C standard.
26 These functions shall compute the principal value of the arc sine of
28 their argument x. The value of x should be in the range [-1,1].
29 An application wishing to check for error situations should set errno
31 to zero and call feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT) before calling these
32 functions. On return, if errno is non-zero or fetestexcept(FE_INVALID |
33 FE_DIVBYZERO | FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has
34 occurred.
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37 Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the arc sine
38 of x, in the range [-π/2,π/2] radians.
39 For finite values of x not in the range [-1,1], a domain error shall
41 occur, and either a NaN (if supported), or an implementation-defined
42 value shall be returned.
43 If x is NaN, a NaN shall be returned.
45 If x is ±0, x shall be returned.
47 If x is ±Inf, a domain error shall occur, and a NaN shall be returned.
49 If x is subnormal, a range error may occur
51 and x should be returned.
52 If x is not returned, asin(), asinf(), and asinl() shall return an
54 implementation-defined value no greater in magnitude than DBL_MIN,
55 FLT_MIN, and LDBL_MIN, respectively.
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58 These functions shall fail if:
59 Domain Error
61 The x argument is finite and is not in the range [-1,1], or
62 is ±Inf.
63 If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)
65 is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [EDOM]. If the
66 integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is
67 non-zero, then the invalid floating-point exception shall
68 be raised.
69 These functions may fail if:
71 Range Error The value of x is subnormal.
73 If the integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO)
75 is non-zero, then errno shall be set to [ERANGE]. If the
76 integer expression (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is
77 non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall
78 be raised.
79 The following sections are informative.
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83 None.
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86 On error, the expressions (math_errhandling & MATH_ERRNO) and
87 (math_errhandling & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each other, but
88 at least one of them must be non-zero.
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91 None.
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94 None.
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97 feclearexcept(), fetestexcept(), isnan(), sin()
98 The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1‐2017, Section 4.20, Treatment of
100 Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions, <math.h>
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105 table Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base Specifi‐
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