DEGREES

DEGREES

ANGLES ARE EXPRESSED IN DEGREES

  • Type: Command
  • Parameter: 0
  • Group: Mathematics

ACTION

The command DEGREES selects degrees as angle unity. After this command, the functions COS(), SIN(), TAN() return a result expressed in degrees, and the functions ACOS(V), ASIN(V) and ATN(V) use a parameter expressed in degrees.

Remark: by default, angles are expressed in radians.

SYNTAX: DEGREES

USE

  • The command DEGREES is used to selects degrees as angle unity.

ERROR

  • None.

EXAMPLE

degrees

print cos(180)

print "Result = -1"

SEE ALSO

RADIANS

COS()

SIN()

TAN()

ACOS()

ASIN()

ATN()

DEGREE_TO_RADIAN()

RADIAN_TO_DEGREE()