Change radians - degrees setting
 

How do I change setting for trigonomic functions, radians - degrees.
I am making a table with many different trig functions, the answers are
currently in radians, I need degrees.
Using Excel 2003.
Thanks.

All of Excel's trig functions use radians, not degrees, and there
is no way to change that. You can use the DEGREES function to
convert radians to degrees. E.g.,

=DEGREES(ASIN(1))


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"David" wrote in message
...
How do I change setting for trigonomic functions, radians -
degrees.
I am making a table with many different trig functions, the
answers are
currently in radians, I need degrees.
Using Excel 2003.
Thanks.

OK, thanks for replying.

David.


"Chip Pearson" wrote:

All of Excel's trig functions use radians, not degrees, and there
is no way to change that. You can use the DEGREES function to
convert radians to degrees. E.g.,

=DEGREES(ASIN(1))


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"David" wrote in message
...
How do I change setting for trigonomic functions, radians -
degrees.
I am making a table with many different trig functions, the
answers are
currently in radians, I need degrees.
Using Excel 2003.
Thanks.

I should have added that you can use the RADIANS function to
convert radians to degrees. E.g.,

=SIN(RADIANS(45))


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com




"Chip Pearson" wrote in message
...
All of Excel's trig functions use radians, not degrees, and
there is no way to change that. You can use the DEGREES
function to convert radians to degrees. E.g.,

=DEGREES(ASIN(1))


--
Cordially,
Chip Pearson
Microsoft MVP - Excel
Pearson Software Consulting, LLC
www.cpearson.com


"David" wrote in message
...
How do I change setting for trigonomic functions, radians -
degrees.
I am making a table with many different trig functions, the
answers are
currently in radians, I need degrees.
Using Excel 2003.
Thanks.

"David" wrote in message
...
How do I change setting for trigonomic functions, radians - degrees.
I am making a table with many different trig functions, the answers are
currently in radians, I need degrees.
Using Excel 2003.
Thanks.


I think the best way around this would be to create user defined functions
like DSIN, DCOS, DTAN that internally converts from degrees to radians.

/Fredrik

Thanks for the replies - I have added some hidden columns with radian /
degrees conversion.

"Fredrik Wahlgren" wrote:


"David" wrote in message
...
How do I change setting for trigonomic functions, radians - degrees.
I am making a table with many different trig functions, the answers are
currently in radians, I need degrees.
Using Excel 2003.
Thanks.


I think the best way around this would be to create user defined functions
like DSIN, DCOS, DTAN that internally converts from degrees to radians.

/Fredrik