## 9.3.143 SIN (X)

Description: | Produces the sine of X.
Class: | Elemental function; Generic
Arguments: | X must be of type real or complex. It must be in radians and is treated as modulo 2*pi. (If X is of type complex, its real part is regarded as a value in radians.)
Results: | The result type is the same as X.

Specific Name | Argument Type | Result Type
--- | --- | ---
SIN | REAL(4) | REAL(4)
DSIN | REAL(8) | REAL(8)
QSIN | REAL(16) | REAL(16)
CSIN 1 | COMPLEX(4) | COMPLEX(4)
CDSIN 2 | COMPLEX(8) | COMPLEX(8)
CQSIN | COMPLEX(16) | COMPLEX(16)
1 The setting of compiler options specifying real size can affect CSIN. 2 This function can also be specified as ZSIN.

Examples

SIN (2.0) has the value 0.9092974.

SIN (0.8) has the value 0.7173561.

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