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math.rad#511519
<function name="rad" parent="math" type="libraryfunc">⤶
<description>Converts an angle in degrees to it's equivalent in radians.</description>⤶
<realm>Shared and Menu</realm>⤶
<args>⤶
<arg name="degrees" type="number">The angle measured in degrees.</arg>⤶
</args>⤶
<rets>⤶
<ret name="" type="number">radians</ret>⤶
</rets>⤶
</function>⤶
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<example>⤶
<description>Convert various angles in degrees to their equivalent in radians.</description>⤶
<code>⤶
print( "Degrees: 360, Radians: " .. math.rad( 360 ) ) -- 2*pi⤶
print( "Degrees: 180, Radians: " .. math.rad( 180 ) ) -- pi⤶
print( "Degrees: 90, Radians: " .. math.rad( 90 ) ) -- pi/2⤶
print( "Degrees: 1, Radians: " .. math.rad( 1 ) ) -- pi/180⤶
</code>⤶
<output>⤶
Degrees: 360, Radians: 6.2831853071796⤶
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Degrees: 180, Radians: 3.1415926535898⤶
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Degrees: 90, Radians: 1.5707963267949⤶
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Degrees: 1, Radians: 0.017453292519943⤶
</output>⤶
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</example>