Returns radians when a numeric expression, in degrees, is entered.

RADIANS (numeric_expression )

Arguments

  • numeric_expression
    An expression of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type categories, or types that are implicitly convertible to float.

Returns the same type as numeric_expression except for the following expressions.

Specified expression

Return type

tinyint, smallint

int

real/float

float

Nonnumeric types that can be implicitly converted to float

float

Example

The following example returns the radian value of various angles.

CREATE TABLE Radians ("30 Degrees", "60 Degrees", "90 Degrees")
INSERT INTO Radians VALUES(RADIANS(30.000000), RADIANS(60.000000), RADIANS(90.000000))
SELECT * FROM RADIANS