{"name":"vectorCos","operator":null,"title":"vectorCos","type":"command","url":"https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/vectorCos","revid":378449,"updated":"2026-04-16T17:04:09Z","groups":["Math - Vectors"],"status":"ok","replaced_by":[],"games":[{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.22"}],"since":{"game":"arma3","name":"Arma 3","version":"1.22"},"arma3_since":"1.22","branch":null,"locality":{"argument":null,"effect":null,"server_exec":false},"exec":null,"description":"Cosine of angle between two 3D or 2D vectors.","syntaxes":[{"syntax":"vector1 vectorCos vector2","since":null,"effect":null,"exec":null,"params":[{"name":"vector1","type":"Vector3D, Vector2D since Arma 3 v2.00","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"When Vector2D is provided the z coordinate is defaulted to 0","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"],"since":null,"text":"vector1: Vector3D, Vector2D since Arma 3 v2.00  - When Vector2D is provided the z coordinate is defaulted to 0"},{"name":"vector2","type":"Vector3D, Vector2D since Arma 3 v2.00","optional":false,"default":null,"description":"When Vector2D is provided the z coordinate is defaulted to 0","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"],"since":null,"text":"vector2: Vector3D, Vector2D since Arma 3 v2.00  - When Vector2D is provided the z coordinate is defaulted to 0"}],"returns":{"type":"Number","types":["Number"],"description":null,"text":"Number"},"form":"binary","operator":null,"left":{"text":"vector1","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"]},"right":{"text":"vector2","types":["Vector3D","Vector2D"]}}],"examples":[{"text":"```sqf\n_cos = getPos player vectorCos [0,0,2];\n```","code":["_cos = getPos player vectorCos [0,0,2];"]}],"multiplayer":null,"problems":null,"aliases":[],"see_also":["vectorAdd","vectorDiff","vectorCrossProduct","vectorDotProduct","vectorMagnitude","vectorMagnitudeSqr","vectorMultiply","vectorDistance","vectorDistanceSqr","vectorDir","vectorUp","setVectorDir","setVectorUp","setVectorDirAndUp","vectorNormalized","vectorFromTo","matrixMultiply","matrixTranspose"],"notes":[],"categories":["Arma 3: New Scripting Commands","Arma 3: Scripting Commands","Command Group: Math - Vectors","Introduced with Arma 3 version 1.22","Scripting Commands"]}