radian to degrees

hey,
as you might know calculator can be in radian or degree mode. This is needed when trying to use tan and sin.

I have noticed that c++ calculates tan in radian mode. I know that you can convert it by multiplying the answer by PI and deviding by 180

Is there any way to tell c++ to switch to degree mode so that I don't have to keep doing the long way with radian? thanks

and if there isn't, how can I use PI in c++?
(what's the word so that it recognizes it)

For PI in C++, I usually declare a constant to hold it, such as:

#define pi 3.14159265

It works well enough for me.

I would also just perform the radian to degree conversion yourself.. just keep in mind that there are precision limitations.

Here is a recent post that addresses pi precision.

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Originally Posted by Mr.Pink

Is there any way to tell c++ to switch to degree mode so that I don't have to keep doing the long way with radian? thanks

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No, but you could define your own function:

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double tand(double degrees)
{
  static const double twoPiBy360 = (2 * 3.141592f) / 360.0f;
  return tan( twoPiBy360 * degrees );
}

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In the cmath header there is a constant called M_PI that is the value of pi.

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For PI in C++, I usually declare a constant to hold it, such as:

#define pi 3.14159265

It works well enough for me.

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Much better to use a const in this case - what if you use the pi combination in a string?

String literals aren't parsed for macro replacements.

Code:

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;

#define Hello 5

int main()
{
        cout<<"Hello World"<<endl;
}

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Output

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Hello World

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Still its better to just use the predefined M_PI

Why, it's simple mathematics sir. First, you should have a const double for pi; something to the tune of:

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const double pi = atan(1)*4; //Or.....if you wanted to just go ahead and write it out:
const double pi = 3.14159265358979323; //A lot of that'll be truncated. ;)

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Radians to degrees is simply 180/pi, sir...which is something to the tune of 57.295, I believe. You can just multiply your radian value by a variable equal to that. You'd probably name the variable something spiffy like "RTD"(Radians To Degrees;)

And same goes for "DTR", some const variable to the tune of .01745 (which is the opposite: pi/180).

Not sure if I was any help whatsoever, but hey.:)

I remembered all those digits off the top of my head. That's downright special. :cool: