COT

The COT function returns the cotangent of the argument, where the argument is an angle expressed in radians.

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>>-COT--(--expression--)---------------------------------------><

expression
An expression that returns a value of any built-in numeric data type (except for DECFLOAT), character-string, or graphic-string data type. A string argument is cast to double-precision floating point before evaluating the function. For more information about converting strings to double-precision floating point, see DOUBLE_PRECISION or DOUBLE.

The data type of the result is double-precision floating point. If the argument can be null, the result can be null; if the argument is null, the result is the null value.

Example

  • Assume the host variable COTAN is a DECIMAL(2,1) host variable with a value of 1.5.
      SELECT COT(:COTAN)
        FROM SYSIBM.SYSDUMMY1
    Returns the approximate value 0.07.