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sin (Math.sin method)

public static sin(x:Number) : Number

Computes and returns the sine of the specified angle in radians. To calculate a radian, see the description of the Math class entry.

Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0 - In Flash Player 4, the methods and properties of the Math class are emulated using approximations and might not be as accurate as the non-emulated math functions that Flash Player 5 supports.

Parameters

x:Number - A number that represents an angle measured in radians.

Returns

Number - A number; the sine of the specified angle (between -1.0 and 1.0).

Example

The following example draws a circle using the mathematical constant pi, the sine of an angle, and the Drawing API. 

drawCircle(this, 100, 100, 50);
//
function drawCircle(mc:MovieClip, x:Number, y:Number, r:Number):Void {
    mc.lineStyle(2, 0xFF0000, 100);
    mc.moveTo(x+r, y);
    mc.curveTo(r+x, Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+y, Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+x, Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+y);
    mc.curveTo(Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+x, r+y, x, r+y);
    mc.curveTo(-Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+x, r+y, -Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+x, Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+y);
    mc.curveTo(-r+x, Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+y, -r+x, y);
    mc.curveTo(-r+x, -Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+y, -Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+x, -Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+y);
    mc.curveTo(-Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+x, -r+y, x, -r+y);
    mc.curveTo(Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+x, -r+y, Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+x, -Math.sin(Math.PI/4)*r+y);
    mc.curveTo(r+x, -Math.tan(Math.PI/8)*r+y, r+x, y);
}

See also

acos (Math.acos method), asin (Math.asin method), atan (Math.atan method), atan2 (Math.atan2 method), cos (Math.cos method), tan (Math.tan method)