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ee.Number.tan
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Computes the tangent of the input in radians.
| Usage | Returns | Number.tan() | Number |
| Argument | Type | Details | this: input | Number | The input value. |
Examples
Code Editor (JavaScript)
// Input angle in radians.
print('Tangent of 0', ee.Number(0).tan()); // 0
print('Tangent of π/2', ee.Number(Math.PI/2).tan()); // 16331239353195370
print('Tangent of π', ee.Number(Math.PI).tan()); // 0 (nearly)
// Convert degrees to radians.
var degrees = 45;
var radians = degrees * (Math.PI/180);
print('Tangent of 45 degrees', ee.Number(radians).tan()); // 1 (nearly)
Python setup
See the
Python Environment page for information on the Python API and using
geemap for interactive development.
import ee
import geemap.core as geemap
Colab (Python)
import math
# Input angle in radians.
print('Tangent of 0:', ee.Number(0).tan().getInfo()) # 0
print('Tangent of π/2:',
ee.Number(math.pi/2).tan().getInfo()) # 16331239353195370
print('Tangent of π:', ee.Number(math.pi).tan().getInfo()) # 0 (nearly)
# Convert degrees to radians.
degrees = 45
radians = degrees * (math.pi/180)
print('Tangent of 45 degrees:',
ee.Number(radians).tan().getInfo()) # 1 (nearly)
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Last updated 2023-10-06 UTC.
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