Skip to content
Free Excel Tutorials
  • Home
  • Excel For Beginners
  • Excel Intermediate
  • Advanced Excel For Experts

Data Analysis

  • How To Filter Data in Excel
  • How To Create Frequency Distribution in Excel
  • Add Outline to Data in Excel
  • How to create running total in an Excel Table
  • Conditional Formatting New Rule with Formulas in Excel

References

  • How to get address of first cell in range in Excel
  • Offset in Excel
  • INDEX function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation
  • How to get last column number in range in Excel
  • Create hyperlink with VLOOKUP in Excel

Data Validations

  • Prevent invalid data entering in specific cells
  • Excel Data validation only dates between
  • Excel Data validation must begin with
  • Excel Data validation number multiple 100
  • Excel Data validation must not contain

TAN function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

by

What is TAN function in Excel?

TAN function is one of the Math and Trig functions in Microsoft Excel that returns the tangent of the given angle.

Syntax of TAN function

TAN(number)

The TAN function syntax has the following arguments:

  • Number: The angle in radians for which you want the tangent.

TAN formula explanation

If your argument is in degrees, multiply it by PI()/180 or use the RADIANS function to convert it to radians.

Example of TAN function

Steps to follow:

1. Open a new Excel worksheet.

2. Copy data in the following table below and paste it in cell A1

Note: For formulas to show results, select them, press F2 key on your keyboard and then press Enter.

You can adjust the column widths to see all the data, if need be.

Formula Description (Result) Result
=TAN(0.785) Tangent of 0.785 radians (0.99920) 0.99920
=TAN(45*PI()/180) Tangent of 45 degrees (1) 1
=TAN(RADIANS(45)) Tangent of 45 degrees (1) 1

Post navigation

Previous Post:

SUMX2PY2 function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation

Next Post:

Everything about Charts in Excel

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Learn Basic Excel

Ribbon
Workbook
Worksheets
Format Cells
Find & Select
Sort & Filter
Templates
Print
Share
Protect
Keyboard Shortcuts

Categories

  • Charts
  • Data Analysis
  • Data Validation
  • Excel Functions
    • Cube Functions
    • Database Functions
    • Date and Time Functions
    • Engineering Functions
    • Financial Functions
    • Information Functions
    • Logical Functions
    • Lookup and Reference Functions
    • Math and Trig Functions
    • Statistical Functions
    • Text Functions
    • Web Functions
  • Excel VBA
  • Excel Video Tutorials
  • Formatting
  • Grouping
  • Others

Logical Functions

  • How to return blank in place of #DIV/0! error in Excel
  • Complete List of Excel Logical Functions, References and Examples
  • IF with boolean logic in Excel
  • Return blank if in Excel
  • Excel If, Nested If, And/Or Criteria Examples

Date Time

  • Count times in a specific range in Excel
  • DATEDIF function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation
  • Add days to date in Excel
  • ISOWEEKNUM function: Description, Usage, Syntax, Examples and Explanation
  • Get project midpoint in Excel

Grouping

  • How to randomly assign data to groups in Excel
  • Categorize text with keywords in Excel
  • Group numbers at uneven intervals in Excel
  • Map inputs to arbitrary values in Excel
  • Running count group by n size in Excel

General

  • Select, Insert, Rename, Move, Delete Worksheets in Excel
  • Using Existing Templates in Excel
  • 3D SUMIF for multiple worksheets in Excel
  • How to generate random number between two numbers in Excel
  • Creating and Opening an existing file in Excel
© 2023 xlsoffice . All Right Reserved. | Teal Smiles | Abbreviations And Their Meaning