COS Function

Returns the cosine in radians.

Category: Trigonometric
Returned data type: DOUBLE
Syntax
Arguments
Example
See Also

Syntax

COS(expression)

Arguments

expression

specifies any valid SQL expression that evaluates to a numeric value.

Data type DOUBLE
See <sql-expression>
FedSQL Expressions

Example

The following statements illustrate the COS function:
Statements
Results 
select cos(0.5);
 
0.877583
 
select cos(0);
 
1
 
select cos(3.14159/3);
 
0.50003

See Also

Functions:
ACOS Function
COSH Function
SIN Function
TAN Function
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