ACOS (Transact-SQL)

A mathematical function that returns the angle, in radians, whose cosine is the specified float expression; also called arccosine.

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Syntax

ACOS ( float_expression )

Arguments

  • float_expression
    Is an expression of the type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float, with a value from -1 through 1. Values outside this range return NULL and report a domain error.

Return Types

float

Examples

The following example returns the ACOS of the specified angle.

SET NOCOUNT OFF;
DECLARE @angle float;
SET @angle = -1.0;
SELECT 'The ACOS of the angle is: ' + CONVERT(varchar, ACOS(@angle));

Here is the result set.

--------------------------------- 
The ACOS of the angle is: 3.14159                        

(1 row(s) affected)

See Also

Reference

Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)
Functions (Transact-SQL)

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