Lua acos()

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Published Oct 14, 2023
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The acos() method of the Lua math library returns the arc cosine of the argument, in radians.

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Syntax

math.acos(x)

Where -1 <= x <= 1.

Example

The code below will print the arc cosine of 0.5 to the console.

print(math.acos(0.5))

The output will be:

1.0471975511966

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