Name
radians — convert an angle from degrees to radians
Synopsis
radians(
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in x double precision); |
Description
radians converts an angle in degrees to radians.
Trigonometric functions such as sin,
cos, and tan expect angles in
radians. The argument is converted to an IEEE 64-bit float and the result
is of that type.
Parameters
x
Angle in degrees, as double precision.
Return Types
radians returns a double precision angle
in radians.
Examples
Example 24.529. Simple example
SQL> select radians(180);
unnamed
DOUBLE PRECISION NOT NULL
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3.141592653588824
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