Name

cot — return the cotangent of an angle in radians

Synopsis

cot( in x double precision);
 

Description

cot returns the cotangent of x, equivalent to 1 / tan (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

cot returns a double precision value.

Examples

Example 24.525. Simple example

SQL> select cot(pi()/4);
cot
DOUBLE PRECISION
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1.000000000000002

1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
      

See Also

tan, sin, cos, pi, radians


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