SIN (Transact-SQL)

Returns the trigonometric sine of the specified angle, in radians, and in an approximate numeric, float, expression.

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Syntax

SIN ( float_expression )

Arguments

  • float_expression
    Is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.

Return Types

float

Examples

The following example calculates the SIN for a specified angle.

DECLARE @angle float
SET @angle = 45.175643
SELECT 'The SIN of the angle is: ' + CONVERT(varchar,SIN(@angle))
GO

Here is the result set.

The SIN of the angle is: 0.929607                       

(1 row(s) affected)

See Also

Reference

Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)