Asin

Calculates the arcsine.

Syntax:

Asin(x)

Parameters:

(f) x: floating point number whose arcsine is desired.

Returns:

(f)  the Asin function returns the arcsine result of x.

The Asin function returns the arcsine of x in the range -p/2 to p/2 radians. The value of x must be between -1 and 1 otherwise a domain error will occur.

Example:

real=AskLine("ArcSin", "Enter a real number between -1 and 1", "0.5", 0)
answer=Asin(real)
Message("Arcsin of %real% is", answer)

See Also:

Acos, Atan, Cos, Sin, Tan