According to the doc: http://code.google.com/android/reference/java/lang/Math.html#sin(double)
you need to provide the angle in radians, where 2*Pi corresponds to 360 degrees (i.e. Pi/2 is 90 deg). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radian In Java, you can use the constant Math.PI for Pi. Christoph On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 6:20 PM, ph...@grantmidwinter.com <ph...@grantmidwinter.com> wrote: > > > input: > Log.v("sintest",String.valueOf(Math.sin(90))); > > output: > V/sintest (16869): 0.8939966636005579 > > huh? I realise I'm probably about to invite explanations about > floating points and subsequent brain explosions, but could anyone tell > me what's going on here? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
