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acos

Description

acos(x) computes the arccosine of x (inverse of cos(x)).

Standard

FORTRAN 77 and later

Class

Elemental function

Styntax

result = acos(x)

Arguments

• x - The type shall be real with a magnitude that is less than one.

Return value

The return value is of type real and it lies in the range $0\le acos(x)\le \pi$. The return value if of the same kind as x.

Example

program test_acos
  real(8) :: x = 0.866_8
  x = acos(x)
end program test_acos

See also

Inverse function: cos