acos

Returns the arccosine of the specified value.

ret acos(x)

Parameters

Item Description
x
[in] The specified value. Each component should be a floating-point value within the range of -1 to 1.

Return Value

The arccosine of the x parameter.

Type Description

Name Template Type Component Type Size
x scalar, vector, or matrix float any
ret same as input x float same dimension(s) as input x

Minimum Shader Model

This function is supported in the following shader models.

Shader Model Supported
Shader Model 2 (DirectX HLSL) and higher shader models yes
Shader Model 1 (DirectX HLSL) vs_1_1 only

See also

Intrinsic Functions (DirectX HLSL)