The IEC operator yields the cosine value of a number.
Permitted data types for input variables that measure the angle in radians: any numeric basic data type
Permitted data types for output variables: REAL
and LREAL
The permitted range for the input value is -263 to +263. On x86 and x64 systems: If the input value is outside of the permitted range, the function returns the input value
Examples
Result in q
: 0.877583
ST:
q := COS(0.5);
FBD:
