Vector Arccosine

Technical Analysis Indicator: acos

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Function Prototype

/* Vector Arccosine */
/* Type: simple */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 0    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: none */
/* Outputs: acos */
int ti_acos_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_acos(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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Vector Arccosine calculates the Trigonometric arccosine of each element in the input array.

$$acos_{t} = \arccos{input_{t}}$$

This is sometimes useful as a building block to more complex functions.

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Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Vector Arccosine */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {}; /* No options */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* acos */

/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_acos_start(options);

/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* acos */

/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_acos(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Vector Arccosine
acos = ti.acos(input)

Example Calculation

dateinputacos
2005-11-010.201.37
2005-11-020.301.27
2005-11-030.401.16
2005-11-040.301.27
2005-11-070.501.05
2005-11-080.700.80
2005-11-090.750.72
2005-11-100.900.45
2005-11-110.900.45
2005-11-141.000.00
2005-11-151.000.00
2005-11-160.201.37
2005-11-170.101.47
2005-11-18-0.101.67
2005-11-21-0.502.09

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