Built-in Functions › ARC SINE

ARC SINE

Purpose

Returns the arc sine of a numeric value that represents an angle in either degrees or radians.

Syntax

Arc sine (degrees):

►►─┬─ ARCSINE-DEGREES ─┬─ ( value ) ──────────────────────────────────────────►◄
   ├─ ARCSINDEG ───────┤
   └─ ASIND ───────────┘

Arc sine (radians):

►►─┬─ ARCSINE-RADIANS ─┬─ ( value ) ──────────────────────────────────────────►◄
   ├─ ARCSINRAD ───────┤
   └─ ASINR ───────────┘

Parameters

ARCSINE-DEGREES

Returns an arc sine value in degrees.

ARCSINE-RADIANS

Returns an arc sine value in radians.

value

Specifies the numeric value representing the angle, in degrees or radians, whose arc sine is calculated.

Value can be:

• An arithmetic expression
• The name of a user-defined variable data field
• A user-supplied numeric literal

Value must be a value ranging from -1 to +1.

Example

In the following example, the arc sine (degrees) of 0.8660 is calculated and moved to WK-RESULT (PIC S999V9999):

MOVE ASIND(0.8660) TO WK-RESULT.
Return value: 59.9971