Math.sin 1

[chessbot]

I know that sine 30° is 0.5. Why, then, does

System.out.println(Math.sin(30.0));

print -0.9880316240928618?

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[stefanwagner]

Perhaps Math.sin doesn't work with degrees (360) but with rad (100?) or 2 PI?

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[chessbot]

Thank you. Just checked the Sun documentation and that is correct.

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