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The ASIN Function

The ASIN function returns a numeric value in radians that approximates the arcsine of argument-1. The type of this function is numeric.

General Format


Syntax for General Format for the ASIN function

Arguments

  1. Argument-1 must be class numeric.
  2. The value of argument-1 must be greater than or equal to -1 and less than or equal to +1.

Returned Values

  1. The returned value is the approximation of the arcsine of argument-1 and is greater than or equal to -pi/2 and less than or equal to +pi/2.
    Note: Conversion factors from radians to degrees and Gon (grad) are specified in the section Trigonometric Functions.
  2. Floating-point format is used for numeric non-integer results.