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<MAN>
  <LANGUAGE>eng</LANGUAGE>
  <TITLE>TAN</TITLE>
  <TYPE>Scilab Function</TYPE>
  <DATE>April 1993</DATE>
  <SHORT_DESCRIPTION name="tan"> tangent</SHORT_DESCRIPTION>
  <CALLING_SEQUENCE>
    <CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>[t]=tan(x)     </CALLING_SEQUENCE_ITEM>
  </CALLING_SEQUENCE>
  <PARAM>
    <PARAM_INDENT>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>x</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: vector or matrix</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
      <PARAM_ITEM>
        <PARAM_NAME>t</PARAM_NAME>
        <PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
          <SP>: vector or matrix</SP>
        </PARAM_DESCRIPTION>
      </PARAM_ITEM>
    </PARAM_INDENT>
  </PARAM>
  <DESCRIPTION>
    <P>
    The  elements  of <VERB>t</VERB>   are  the tangent of  the elements of <VERB>x</VERB>.</P>
  </DESCRIPTION>
  <EXAMPLE>
<![CDATA[
x=[1,%i,-1,-%i]
tan(x)
sin(x)./cos(x)
 ]]>
  </EXAMPLE>
  <SEE_ALSO>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>atan</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
    <SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
      <LINK>tanm</LINK>
    </SEE_ALSO_ITEM>
  </SEE_ALSO>
</MAN>
