Johannes Schönberger <[email protected]> added the comment:
This adds two further lines, so you can pass int's, float's or Decimal types to
the function.
def sin(x):
"""Return the sine of x as measured in radians.
>>> print sin(Decimal('0.5'))
0.4794255386042030002732879352
>>> print sin(0.5)
0.479425538604
>>> print sin(0.5+0j)
(0.479425538604+0j)
"""
getcontext().prec += 2
if not isinstance(x, Decimal):
x = Decimal(x)
x = x.remainder_near(2*pi())
i, lasts, s, fact, num, sign = 1, 0, x, 1, x, 1
while s != lasts:
lasts = s
i += 2
fact *= i * (i-1)
num *= x * x
sign *= -1
s += num / fact * sign
getcontext().prec -= 2
return +s
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