May 2, 1991 TAN 3

### NAME

tan, tanf - tangent function

### LIBRARY

Math Library (libm, -lm)

### SYNOPSIS

```double` tan(```double x`)
```float` tanf(```float x`)

### DESCRIPTION

The tan(``) and tanf(``) functions compute the tangent of ```x` (measured in radians). A large magnitude argument may yield a result with little or no significance. For a discussion of error due to roundoff, see math(3).

### RETURN VALUES

The tan(``) function returns the tangent value.

### SEE ALSO

acos(3), asin(3), atan(3), atan2(3), cos(3), cosh(3), math(3), sin(3), sinh(3), tanh(3)

### STANDARDS

The tan(``) function conforms to ANSI X3.159-1989 (``ANSI C89'') .