ASIN Function

Returns the arcsine in radians.

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

Syntax

ASIN(expression)

Arguments

expression

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

Range –1 to 1
Data type DOUBLE
See <sql-expression>
FedSQL Expressions

Example

The following statements illustrate the ASIN function:
Statements
Results 
select asin(0);
 
0
 
select asin(1);
 
1.570796
 
select asin(-0.5);
 
-0.5236

See Also

Functions:
ACOS Function
COS Function
COSH Function
SIN Function
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