Name

atan — return the arc tangent of a value, in radians

Synopsis

atan( in x double precision);
 

Description

atan returns the arc tangent 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

Tangent of the desired angle, as double precision.

Return Types

atan returns a double precision angle in radians.

Examples

Example 24.520. Simple example

SQL> select atan(1);
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DOUBLE PRECISION NOT NULL
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       0.7853981633974483

1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
      

See Also

atan2, acos, asin, tan, pi


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