{ LOU DUCHEZ >I'm looking for the way turbo pascal computes the angle. >Now how can I compute for the Angles C & B. > b, c, a, B_angle, C_angle: real; > ÚÄ¿B angle > ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄ¿ a > b³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄ¿ > ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄ¿ > ³A = 90 ÀÄÄÄÄÄ¿ > ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ C angle > c Okay, you've got b and c. There is an ArcTan function that returns an angle in radians. Try this: } b := abs(b); { these lines keep the operator from getting "cute" } c := abs(c); if c <> 0 then begin { prevents "division by zero" thing } C_angle := arctan(b/c); B_angle := (pi/2) - C_angle; { 90 degrees minus the one angle } end else if b <> 0 then begin { ditto } B_angle := arctan(c/b); C_angle := (pi/2) - B_angle; end else begin { you'll get here only if b = c = 0 } B_angle := 0; C_angle := 0; writeln('That''s a dot, not a triangle!'); end; { Might I recommend that you have the user do data entry in a "repeat" loop, so that he can get out only when he's put in actual positive values? I think you'll discover that a little caution at data-entry time is worth it in spared headaches later. (Note all the error-checking I had to do ...) Oh, you wanted degrees, minutes, seconds. I don't know of any built-in routines for this (I admit I may have missed something), but here's some totally untested code to convert radians to degrees, minutes, seconds: } procedure r2dms(rad : real; var deg, min, sec : real); begin deg := rad * 180 / pi; { conversion to degrees } min := frac(deg) * 60; { convert remainder to minutes } deg := trunc(deg); { lose the remainder on degrees } sec := frac(min) * 60; { convert "minutes" remainder to seconds } min := trunc(min); { lose the remainder on minutes } end; { Here's the reverse journey: } procedure dms2r(deg, min, sec : real; var rad : real); begin rad := pi * (deg + 60 * min + 3600 * sec) / 180; end;