cos_rad

Description

Computes the cosine of the input and returns a float64. The input should be expressed in radians.

Arguments

  1. angle (required) Angle in radians, a float64

Return type

float64

Domain

This is a scalar function (calculates a single output value for a single input row.)

Categories

Usage

cos_rad(angle)

Argument

Type

Optional

Repeatable

Restrictions

angle

float64

no

no

none

Examples

make_col cos:cos_rad(angle)

Create a column ‘cos’ with the result of the cosine of column ‘angle’
The resulting column will be in radians.

Given the below column angle, cos_rad produces the below column cos

angle

cos

0

1

π / 4

√2/2

π / 3

1/2

π / 2

0

π

-1

3π / 2

0

1

make_col cos_pi:cos_rad(pi())

Create a column ‘cos_pi’ with the result of the cosine of pi. cos_pi will be -1.