RADIANS

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