DEGREES

Convert radians to degrees. This function transforms an angle measured in radians to its equivalent in degrees.

Syntax

DEGREES(X)

Description

Returns the argument X, converted from radians to degrees.

This is the converse of the RADIANS() function.

Examples

SELECT DEGREES(PI());
+---------------+
| DEGREES(PI()) |
+---------------+
|           180 |
+---------------+

SELECT DEGREES(PI() / 2);
+-------------------+
| DEGREES(PI() / 2) |
+-------------------+
|                90 |
+-------------------+

SELECT DEGREES(45);
+-----------------+
| DEGREES(45)     |
+-----------------+
| 2578.3100780887 |
+-----------------+

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