After reading many related questions here about "Missing number, treated as zero", I still do not understand why the following example results in such an error message:
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\begin{document}
\begin{figure}
\begin{tikzpicture}
\clip(2.5,-1.5) rectangle (6,2);
\draw(4+{sin(0)}, {cos(0)}) circle(4pt);
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{figure}
\end{document}
Best Answer
Change
4+{sin(0)}
to{4+sin(0)}
. The mathematics routines only apply to stuff inside curly brackets.