C# .Acos()

The Math.Acos() method returns the absolute value of the inverse cosine of the argument, measured in radians. In other words, it returns the positive angle whose cosine is the specified number.

Syntax

Math.Acos(x);

The method takes one parameter x of the type double. It will return a positive value of type double except in the following cases:

• If x is less than -1, it will return NaN (not a number).
• If x is greater than 1, it will return NaN.
• If x is NaN, it will return NaN.

Example

The following example prints the results of the Math.Acos() method for five different values.

using System;

namespace MyMathExample
{
    public class Example
    {
        public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            double a = Math.Acos(0.5);
            double b = Math.Acos(1);
            double c = Math.Acos(-2);
            double d = Math.Acos(4);
            double e = Math.Acos(0);

            Console.WriteLine(a);
            Console.WriteLine(b);
            Console.WriteLine(c);
            Console.WriteLine(d);
            Console.WriteLine(e);
        }
    }
}

Copy to clipboard
Copy to clipboard

This results in the following output:

1.0471975511966
0
NaN
NaN
1.5707963267949

Copy to clipboard
Copy to clipboard

Codebyte Example

The example below uses Math.Acos() to calculate the arc cosine of x. The result is stored in the result variable.

Visit us
Visit us
Hide code
Code
Output
Hide output
Copy to your clipboard
Copy Codebyte
Run