RADIANS

Syntax

RADIANS(X)

Description

Returns the argument X, converted from degrees to radians. Note that π radians equals 180 degrees.

This is the converse of the DEGREES() function.

Examples

SELECT RADIANS(45);
+-------------------+
| RADIANS(45)       |
+-------------------+
| 0.785398163397448 |
+-------------------+

SELECT RADIANS(90);
+-----------------+
| RADIANS(90)     |
+-----------------+
| 1.5707963267949 |
+-----------------+

SELECT RADIANS(PI());
+--------------------+
| RADIANS(PI())      |
+--------------------+
| 0.0548311355616075 |
+--------------------+

SELECT RADIANS(180);
+------------------+
| RADIANS(180)     |
+------------------+
| 3.14159265358979 |
+------------------+

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