SIN Function

Returns the sine.

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Syntax

SIN(argument)

Required Argument

argument

specifies a numeric constant, variable, or expression and is expressed in radians. If the magnitude of argument is so great that mod(argument,pi) is accurate to less than about three decimal places, SIN returns a missing value.

Example

The following SAS statements produce these results:
SAS Statement
Result
x=sin(0.5);
0.4794255386
x=sin(0);
0
x=sin(3.14159/4);
.7071063121
Last updated: March 16, 2017