ucGetTrigMode

ucSetTrigMode

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Modifies or retrieves the mode used for trigonometric routines.

ucGetTrigMode()

- or -

ucSetTrigMode mode

Parameter

mode

The mode argument can be one of the following three constants: uc_Radians (which is the default), uc_Degrees, or uc_Grad.

Remarks

• The trig mode affects the following trigonometric functions: SIN, COS, TAN, and ATAN, as well as any other functions that may be derived from these.
• In the current version, each thread cannot have its own trig mode. Only one mode can be set across all threads

Example:

Visual Basic

ucDefine "Const: pi = atan(1) * 4" ' 3.14159...

' Note: The default mode used for the first two lines below is radians

Print ucEval("sin(90)") ' returns 0.89399...

Print ucEval("sin(pi/2)") ' returns 1

ucSetTrigMode uc_Degrees

Print ucEval("sin(90)") ' returns 1

Print ucEval("sin(pi/2)") ' returns 0.027412...

New or enhanced in version 2.96

• The redesigned 2.9 no longer had a built-in routine for changing the trig mode. This feature was re-introduced in version 2.96.