llAcos

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Acos

llAcos

Summary

Function: float llAcos( float val );

172	Function ID
0.0	Forced Delay
10.0	Energy

Returns a float that is the arccosine in radians of val

• float

val

–

must fall in the range [-1.0, 1.0]

The returned value is in the range [0.0, PI]^[1]

Caveats

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Examples

//  This example exercises the full valid range of argument from -1.0 to +1.0

default
{
    touch_start(integer num_detected)
    {
        float random = llFrand(2.0) - 1.0;

        llOwnerSay("The arccosine of " + (string)random + " is " + (string)llAcos(random));
    }
}

//An example for the Law of Cosines to calculate any angle of a triangle from 3 known side lengths.

default
{
    touch_start(integer num_detected)
    {        
        vector t=< llFrand(9.0)+1.0 , llFrand(9.0)+1.0 , llFrand(9.0)+1.0 >; //the 3 values of this vector are used to set the lengths of 3 sides of a triangle.

        float anglexy=llAcos( (t.x*t.x+t.y*t.y-(t.z*t.z)) / ( 2*t.x*t.y) ) //Law Of Cosines

        llOwnerSay("Using the Law Of Cosines, the angle of a triangle between side a="+(string)t.x+"and side b="+(string)t.y+"is = "+(string)anglexy+" radians="+(string)(anglexy*RAD_TO_DEG)+"° and that angle is not on side c="+(string)t.z);
    }
}

See Also

Functions

• llSin	llAsin	–	sine & inverse Sine
• llCos		–	cosine
• llTan	llAtan2	–	tangent & inverse tangent

Articles

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Inverse trigonometric function

Deep Notes

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Footnotes

1. ^ The ranges in this article are written in Interval Notation.

Signature
function float llAcos( float val );