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Name

asin()
Examples
float a = PI/3;
float s = sin(a);
float as = asin(s);
// Prints "1.0471976 : 0.86602545 : 1.0471976"
println(a + " : " + s + " : " +  as);

float a = PI + PI/3.0;
float s = sin(a);
float as = asin(s);
// Prints "4.1887903 : -0.86602545 : -1.0471976"
println(a + " : " + s + " : " +  as);
Description The inverse of sin(), returns the arc sine of a value. This function expects the values in the range of -1 to 1 and values are returned in the range -PI/2 to PI/2.
Syntax
asin(value)
Parameters
value float: the value whose arc sine is to be returned
Returnsfloat
Relatedsin()
acos()
atan()
Updated on May 19, 2014 05:29:59pm PDT

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