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cotd

Cotangent of argument in degrees

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Syntax

Y = cotd(X)

Description

Y = cotd(X) returns the cotangent of the elements of X, which are expressed in degrees.

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Examples

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Open Live Script

Create a vector of input angles consisting of 90° and the next smaller and larger double precision numbers. Then compute the cotangent.

x1 = [90-eps(90) 90 90+eps(90)];
y1 = cotd(x1)
y1 = 1×3
10-15 ×

    0.2480         0   -0.2480

cotd returns zero when the input angle is exactly 90°. Evaluation at the next smaller double-precision angle returns a slightly positive result. Likewise, the cotangent is slightly negative when the input angle is the next double-precision number larger than 90.

The behavior is similar for input angles near 180°. 

x2 = [180-eps(180) 180 180+eps(180)];
y2 = cotd(x2)
y2 = 1×3
1015 ×

   -2.0159      -Inf    2.0159
Open Live Script
x = 35+5i;
y = cotd(x)
y = 
1.3958 - 0.2606i

Input Arguments

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Angle in degrees, specified as a real-valued or complex-valued scalar, vector, matrix, multidimensional array, table, or timetable. The cotd operation is element-wise when X is nonscalar.

Data Types: single | double | table | timetable
Complex Number Support: Yes

Output Arguments

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Cotangent of angle, returned as a real-valued or complex-valued scalar, vector, matrix, multidimensional array, table, or timetable of the same size as X.

Extended Capabilities

Version History

Introduced before R2006a

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