1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3d33d0967SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 4253bff03Smseidel * 5d33d0967SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6d33d0967SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7d33d0967SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8d33d0967SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9d33d0967SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10d33d0967SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11d33d0967SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 12253bff03Smseidel * 13d33d0967SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 14253bff03Smseidel * 15d33d0967SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16d33d0967SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17d33d0967SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18d33d0967SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19d33d0967SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20d33d0967SAndrew Rist * under the License. 21253bff03Smseidel * 22d33d0967SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23d33d0967SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsbasicshared03080103xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Sin Function [Runtime]</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/sbasic/shared/03080103.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 30cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="sin"> 33*cd3ec106Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153896"> 34*cd3ec106Smseidel<bookmark_value>Sin function</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153896" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/03080103.xhp" name="Sin Function [Runtime]">Sin Function [Runtime]</link></paragraph> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">Returns the sine of an angle. The angle is specified in radians. The result lies between -1 and 1.</paragraph> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153379" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Using the angle Alpha, the Sin Function returns the ratio of the length of the opposite side of an angle to the length of the hypotenuse in a right-angled triangle.</paragraph> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148798" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">Sin(Alpha) = side opposite the angle/hypotenuse</paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147230" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Syntax:</paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6">Sin (Number)</paragraph> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156214" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="7">Return value:</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150870" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Double</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="9">Parameters:</paragraph> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<emph>Number:</emph> Numeric expression that defines the angle in radians that you want to calculate the sine for.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155413" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">To convert degrees to radians, multiply degrees by Pi/180, and to convert radians to degrees, multiply radians by 180/Pi.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149664" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12">grad=(radiant*180)/pi</paragraph> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153143" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">radiant=(grad*pi)/180</paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151112" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14">Pi is approximately 3.141593.</paragraph> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#errorcode"/> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<embed href="text/sbasic/shared/00000003.xhp#err5"/> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3163712" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Example:</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149482" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">REM In this example, the following entry is possible for a right-angled triangle:</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148577" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="17">REM The side opposite the angle and the angle (in degrees) to calculate the length of the hypotenuse:</paragraph> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152941" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Sub ExampleSine</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150011" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">REM Pi = 3.1415926 is a predefined variable</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153159" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Dim d1 as Double</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="21">Dim dAlpha as Double</paragraph> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145251" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">d1 = InputBox$ ("Enter the length of the opposite side: ","Opposite Side")</paragraph> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148456" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">dAlpha = InputBox$ ("Enter the angle Alpha (in degrees): ","Alpha")</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153877" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Print "The length of the hypotenuse is"; (d1 / sin (dAlpha * Pi / 180))</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150717" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">End Sub</paragraph> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 67