Name

asin — return the arc sine of a value, in radians

Synopsis

asin( in x double precision);
 

Description

asin returns the arc sine of x as an angle in radians in the range -π/2 to π/2. The argument is converted to an IEEE 64-bit float and the result is of that type.

Parameters

x

Value in the closed interval [-1, 1], as double precision.

Return Types

asin returns a double precision angle in radians.

Examples

Example 24.518. Simple example

SQL> select asin(0.5);
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DOUBLE PRECISION NOT NULL
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       0.5235987755982989

1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
      

See Also

acos, atan, sin, pi


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