Calculates the arc cosine of a field; the returned angle is in the range 0.0 through π.

Function Traits: FieldComputationFunction

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
asstringoptional_arccos The name of the output field.
field[a]stringrequired  The name of the input field.

[a] The argument name field can be omitted.

The parameter name for field can be omitted; the following forms are equivalent:

logscale
math:arccos("value")

and:

logscale
math:arccos(field="value")