<!-- @license Apache-2.0 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License. --> # sinpi > Compute the [sine][@stdlib/math/base/special/sin] of a number times [π][@stdlib/constants/float64/pi]. <section class="usage"> ## Usage ```javascript var sinpi = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/sinpi' ); ``` #### sinpi( x ) Computes `sin(πx)` more accurately than `sin(pi*x)`, especially for large `x`. ```javascript var y = sinpi( 0.0 ); // returns 0.0 y = sinpi( 0.5 ); // returns 1.0 y = sinpi( 0.9 ); // returns ~0.309 y = sinpi( NaN ); // returns NaN ``` </section> <!-- /.usage --> <section class="examples"> ## Examples <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> ```javascript var linspace = require( '@stdlib/array/linspace' ); var sinpi = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/sinpi' ); var x = linspace( -100.0, 100.0, 100 ); var i; for ( i = 0; i < x.length; i++ ) { console.log( sinpi( x[ i ] ) ); } ``` </section> <!-- /.examples --> <section class="links"> [@stdlib/math/base/special/sin]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@stdlib/math/tree/main/base/special/sin [@stdlib/constants/float64/pi]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/@stdlib/constants-float64-pi </section> <!-- /.links -->