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# acos, acosf, acosl

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< c‎ | numeric‎ | math

Defined in header `<math.h>` |  |
float acosf( float arg ); | (1) | (since C99)
double acos( double arg ); | (2) |
long double acosl( long double arg ); | (3) | (since C99)
Defined in header `<tgmath.h>` |  |
#define acos( arg ) | (4) | (since C99)

1-3) Computes the principal value of the arc cosine of `arg`.
4) Type-generic macro: If the argument has type long double, `acosl` is called. Otherwise, if the argument has integer type or the type double, `acos` is called. Otherwise, `acosf` is called. If the argument is complex, then the macro invokes the corresponding complex function (cacosf, cacos, cacosl).

### [edit] Parameters

arg | - | floating point value

### [edit] Return value

If no errors occur, the arc cosine of `arg` (arccos(arg)) in the range [0 ; π], is returned.

If a domain error occurs, an implementation-defined value is returned (NaN where supported).

If a range error occurs due to underflow, the correct result (after rounding) is returned.

### [edit] Error handling

Errors are reported as specified in math_errhandling.

Domain error occurs if `arg` is outside the range `[-1.0; 1.0]`.

If the implementation supports IEEE floating-point arithmetic (IEC 60559),

- If the argument is +1, the value `+0` is returned.
- If |arg| > 1, a domain error occurs and NaN is returned.
- if the argument is NaN, NaN is returned

### [edit] Example

Run this code

    #include <stdio.h>
    #include <math.h>
    #include <errno.h>
    #include <fenv.h>
    #include <string.h>

    #pragma STDC FENV_ACCESS ON
    int main(void)
    {
        printf("acos(-1) = %f\n", acos(-1));
        printf("acos(0.0) = %f 2*acos(0.0) = %f\n", acos(0), 2*acos(0));
        printf("acos(0.5) = %f 3*acos(0.5) = %f\n", acos(0.5), 3*acos(0.5));
        printf("acos(1) = %f\n", acos(1));
        // error handling
        errno = 0; feclearexcept(FE_ALL_EXCEPT);
        printf("acos(1.1) = %f\n", acos(1.1));
        if(errno == EDOM) perror("    errno == EDOM");
        if(fetestexcept(FE_INVALID)) puts("    FE_INVALID raised");
    }

Possible output:

    acos(-1) = 3.141593
    acos(0.0) = 1.570796 2*acos(0.0) = 3.141593
    acos(0.5) = 1.047198 3*acos(0.5) = 3.141593
    acos(1) = 0.000000
    acos(1.1) = nan
        errno == EDOM: Numerical argument out of domain
        FE_INVALID raised

### [edit] References

- C11 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:2011):

  - 7.12.4.1 The acos functions (p: 238)

  - 7.25 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 373-375)

  - F.10.1.1 The acos functions (p: 518)

- C99 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1999):

  - 7.12.4.1 The acos functions (p: 218)

  - 7.22 Type-generic math <tgmath.h> (p: 335-337)

  - F.9.1.1 The acos functions (p: 455)

- C89/C90 standard (ISO/IEC 9899:1990):

  - 4.5.2.1 The acos function

### [edit] See also

asin asinf asinl (C99)(C99) | computes arc sine (arcsin(x)) (function) [edit]
atan atanf atanl (C99)(C99) | computes arc tangent (arctan(x)) (function) [edit]
atan2 atan2f atan2l (C99)(C99) | computes arc tangent, using signs to determine quadrants (function) [edit]
cos cosf cosl (C99)(C99) | computes cosine (cos(x)) (function) [edit]
cacos cacosf cacosl (C99)(C99)(C99) | computes the complex arc cosine (function) [edit]
C++ documentation for acos

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