how to calculate the tangent of an angle in matlab

main.m
% calculate the tangent of a 45 degree angle
angle_degrees = 45;
angle_radians = deg2rad(angle_degrees);
tangent = tan(angle_radians);

% display the result
fprintf('The tangent of %d degrees is %f\n', angle_degrees, tangent);
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main.m
The tangent of 45 degrees is 1.000000
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