Returns the cotangent of the angle in radians given by its argument.

Syntax

COT( numeric-expression )

Parameters

Returns

This function converts its argument to DOUBLE, performs the computation in double-precision floating point, and returns a DOUBLE as the result. If the parameter is NULL, the result is NULL.

See also

• COS function [Numeric]
• SIN function [Numeric]
• TAN function [Numeric]

Standards and compatibility

Example

The following statement returns the cotangent value of 0.52.

SELECT COT( 0.52 );