Colin
11-28-2000, 11:57 AM
Is there a function for Arc-Cosine? I see the standard Sin & Cos, and know that VisualBasic has one (I'm trying to compute the distance between two postal codes for a LookUp function)
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View Full Version : ArcCosine Trig Function Colin 11-28-2000, 11:57 AM Is there a function for Arc-Cosine? I see the standard Sin & Cos, and know that VisualBasic has one (I'm trying to compute the distance between two postal codes for a LookUp function) Richie 11-28-2000, 02:19 PM Found this if it's any help Function ArcCos(x As Double) As Double ' Inverse Cosine If x = 1 Then ArcCos = 0 ElseIf x = -1 Then ArcCos = -PI() Else ArcCos = Atn(x / Sqr(-x * x + 1)) + PI() / 2 End If End Function Colin 11-29-2000, 08:38 AM Actually, that is perfect. I forgot that the ArcCosine can be expressed in terms of the ArcTangent. Thank you |