TAN

Reference material for TAN function

Trigonometric function that calculates the tangent of a specific value in radians.

Syntax

TAN(<value>)

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Supported input types
<value>	The value that determines the returned tangent in radians.	DOUBLE PRECISION

Return Type

TAN returns a value of type DOUBLE PRECISION.

Example

The following query calculates the tangent of 1.57 radians. 1.57 is approximately pi/2:

SELECT TAN(1.57) as result;

result double
1255.7655915007897

Rows: 1Execution time: 6.98ms

The following query calculates the tangent of pi:

SELECT ROUND(TAN(PI()), 5) as result;

result double
0

Rows: 1Execution time: 4.68ms