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TANH function in Google Sheets

Returns the hyperbolic tangent of any real number.

=TANH(value)

TANH syntax and parameters

One argument, one required.

  • valuenumberRequired

    Any real value to calculate the hyperbolic tangent of.

TANH examples

Formulas you'll actually reuse.

  1. Hyperbolic tangent — squashes any input into −1…1:

    =TANH(B2)

    Result0.7616

  2. A soft 0–100 score from an unbounded input:

    =TANH(B2 / 2) * 100

    Result46.21

TANH in Excel

Same name — your formula ports as-is.

Try TANH in the playground

Edit the example — nothing to install.

Preloaded with the TANH formula from Example 1 — change anything and watch it respond.

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