Radians function

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Radians function

Format


Radians(angleInDegrees)

Parameter

angleInDegrees - any numeric expression or field containing a numeric expression, in degrees.

Data type returned

number

Description

Converts angleInDegress to radians. The parameters for FileMaker Pro trigonometric functions must be expressed in radians. If the values you want to use as parameters in a trigonometric equation are in degrees, use this function to convert them to radians first. A degree is equal to Pi/180 radians.

Examples

Radians(45) returns .78539816....

Sin(Radians(30)) returns .5.

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