Name
tan — return the tangent of an angle in radians
Synopsis
tan(
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in x double precision); |
Description
tan returns the tangent 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
tan returns a double precision value.
Examples
Example 24.532. Simple example
SQL> select tan(pi()/4);
tan
DOUBLE PRECISION
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0.9999999999999983
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