Name

tan — return the tangent of an angle in radians

Synopsis

tan( 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

1 Rows. -- 0 msec.
      

See Also

sin, cos, cot, atan, pi, radians


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