Vector Tangent

Technical Analysis Indicator: tan

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Function Prototype

/* Vector Tangent */
/* Type: simple */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 0    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: none */
/* Outputs: tan */
int ti_tan_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_tan(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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Vector Tangent calculates the Trigonometric tangent of each element in the input array.

$$tan_{t} = \tan{input_{t}}$$

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 Tangent */
/* 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]; /* tan */

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

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

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

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Vector Tangent
tan = ti.tan(input)

Example Calculation

dateinputtan
2005-11-0181.59-0.09
2005-11-0281.06-0.72
2005-11-0382.872.49
2005-11-0483.003.88
2005-11-0783.61-2.68
2005-11-0883.159.75
2005-11-0982.842.29
2005-11-1083.99-1.10
2005-11-1184.55-0.28
2005-11-1484.36-0.50
2005-11-1585.530.85
2005-11-1686.54-6.79
2005-11-1786.89-1.85
2005-11-1887.77-0.20
2005-11-2187.29-0.80

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