asin()

The system function MathLib.asin returns the arcsine of a number that is in the range of -1 to 1. The result is in radians and is in the range of -pi/2 to pi/2.

  MathLib.asin(numericField mathLibNumber in)
  returns (result mathLibTypeDependentResult)
result
Any numeric or HEX item, as described in Mathematical (system words). The value returned by the MathLib.asin function is converted to the format of result and returned in result.
numericField
Any numeric or HEX item, as described in Mathematical (system words). The item is converted to double-precision floating point before the mathLib.asin function is called.

Example

  result = MathLib.asin(myItem);

Related reference
EGL library MathLib

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