Acos Function; Examples Of Acos - HP Neoview SQL Reference Manual

ACOS Function

The ACOS function returns the arccosine of a numeric value expression as an angle expressed
in radians.
ACOS is a Neoview SQL extension.
ACOS (numeric-expression)
numeric-expression
is an SQL numeric value expression that specifies the value for the argument of the ACOS
function. The range for the value of the argument is from -1 to +1. See
Expressions" (page

Examples of ACOS

• This function returns the value 3.49044274380724352E-001 or approximately 0.3491 in radians
(which is 20 degrees):
ACOS (0.9397)
• This function returns the value 0.3491. The function ACOS is the inverse of the function
COS.
ACOS (COS (0.3491))
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