Name

sin — return the sine of an angle in radians

Synopsis

sin( in x double precision);
 

Description

sin returns the sine 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

sin returns a double precision value.

Examples

Example 24.530. Simple example

SQL> select sin(pi()/2);
sin
DOUBLE PRECISION
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See Also

cos, tan, asin, pi, radians


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