ACOS (The GNU Fortran Compiler)

### 8.6 `ACOS` — Arccosine function ¶

Synopsis:

  `RESULT = ACOS(X)`

Description:

  `ACOS(X)` computes the arccosine of X (inverse of `COS(X)`).

Class:

  Elemental function

Arguments:

  X | The type shall either be `REAL` with a magnitude that is less than or equal to one - or the type shall be `COMPLEX`.

Return value:

  The return value is of the same type and kind as X. The real part of the result is in radians and lies in the range 0 \leq \Re \acos(x) \leq \pi.

Example:

      program test_acos
        real(8) :: x = 0.866_8
        x = acos(x)
      end program test_acos

Specific names:

  Name | Argument | Return type | Standard
  --- | --- | --- | ---
  `ACOS(X)` | `REAL(4) X` | `REAL(4)` | Fortran 77 and later
  `DACOS(X)` | `REAL(8) X` | `REAL(8)` | Fortran 77 and later

Standard:

  Fortran 77 and later, for a complex argument Fortran 2008 or later

See also:

  Inverse function:
  `COS` — Cosine function
  Degrees function:
  `ACOSD` — Arccosine function, degrees