acos()

Returns the arccosine (inverse cosine) of the given value in radians.

Syntax

acos(value)

Parameters

Parameter Type Description
value Number A number in the range [-1, 1] to compute arccosine.

Return Value

Examples

acos(1);     // returns 0
acos(0);     // returns pi()/2
acos(-1);    // returns pi()

See also

pi
sin
asin
cos
acos
tan
atan
atan2
rad2deg
deg2rad