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SINH
returns the hyperbolic sine of n
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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 hyperbolic sine of 1:
SELECT SINH(1) "Hyperbolic sine of 1" FROM DUAL; Hyperbolic sine of 1 -------------------- 1.17520119