math.tan

 Note: The argument must be given in radians. If it is in degrees, use the math.rad function to convert it.

ExamplePrint the tangent of user input
Read a line from the user, convert it to radians using math.rad, then print its tangent.
Code
<nowiki>
print(math.tan(math.rad(tonumber(read())))
    </nowiki>
Output Depends. If the user wrote 45, the output would be 1.

math.tan
Function
Syntax
math.tan(
  • num : number
)

Returns number
API math
Source Lua (source)

Returns the tangent of num.

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