Name
cos — return the cosine of an angle in radians
Synopsis
cos(
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in x double precision); |
Description
cos returns the cosine of x.
The argument is an angle in radians. The argument is converted to an IEEE
64-bit float and the result is of that type.
Parameters
x
Angle in radians, as double precision.
Return Types
cos returns a double precision value.
Examples
Example 24.523. Simple example
SQL> select cos(0);
unnamed
DOUBLE PRECISION NOT NULL
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1
1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
SQL> select cos(pi()/2);
cos
DOUBLE PRECISION
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1.615544574432587e-15
1 Rows. -- 1 msec.