TAN( numeric-expression )

DOUBLE

The ATAN and TAN functions are inverse operations.

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

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

The following statement returns the value of the tan of 0.52.

SELECT TAN( 0.52 );