math tan for math

Returns the tangent of the number.

Signature

> math tan {flags}

Flags

  • --degrees, -d: Use degrees instead of radians

Input/output types:

input output
list<number> list<float>
number float

Examples

Apply the tangent to π/4

> 3.141592 / 4 | math tan | math round --precision 4
1

Apply the tangent to a list of angles in degrees

> [-45 0 45] | math tan --degrees
╭───┬───────╮
│ 0 │ -1.00 │
│ 1 │  0.00 │
│ 2 │  1.00 │
╰───┴───────╯

Tips: Command math tan was not included in the official binaries by default, you have to build it with --features=extra flag