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ASIN
returns the arc sine of n
. The argument n
must be in the range of -1 to 1, and the function returns a value in the range of -pi/2 to pi/2, expressed in radians.
This function takes as an argument any numeric data type or any nonnumeric data type that can be implicitly converted to a numeric data type. If the argument is BINARY_FLOAT
, then the function returns BINARY_DOUBLE
. Otherwise the function returns the same numeric data type as the argument.
See Also:
Table 3-10, "Implicit Type Conversion Matrix" for more information on implicit conversionThe following example returns the arc sine of .3:
SELECT ASIN(.3) "Arc_Sine" FROM DUAL; Arc_Sine ---------- .304692654