Issue 18492 - ASIN() function does not calculate correctly.
Summary: ASIN() function does not calculate correctly.
Status: CLOSED NOT_AN_OOO_ISSUE
Alias: None
Product: Calc
Classification: Application
Component: code (show other issues)
Version: OOo 1.1 RC3
Hardware: PC Windows 2000
: P3 Trivial (vote)
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: oc
QA Contact: issues@sc
URL: http://wnwconsulting.com/openoffice.o...
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Reported: 2003-08-21 14:23 UTC by Unknown
Modified: 2003-09-08 16:55 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Issue Type: DEFECT
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Description Unknown 2003-08-21 14:23:43 UTC 
ASIN() function does not work at 0.221.  ASIN(0.221)=12.77 is the correct 
result, but answer you get is what you input.  function seems to work at values 
closer to -1 and 1.
Comment 1 frank 2003-08-21 18:30:04 UTC 
Hi Philip,

this is not a bug !

The result of an trigonometric function like ASIN will be in radians.
So  if you need degrees, just place a degrees in front of the ASIN so
your formula looks like this : =DEGREES(ASIN((B31-B29)/B31))

Best regards

Frank
Comment 2 frank 2003-08-21 18:30:26 UTC 
closed invalid
Comment 3 frank 2003-08-21 18:30:55 UTC 
Grrr, forgot to set the closed button.