title: "COT (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "07/24/2017" ms.prod: "sql" ms.prod_service: "database-engine, sql-database, sql-data-warehouse, pdw" ms.service: "" ms.component: "t-sql|functions" ms.reviewer: "" ms.suite: "sql" ms.technology:
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A mathematical function that returns the trigonometric cotangent of the specified angle, in radians, in the specified float expression.
Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions
COT ( float_expression ) float_expression
Is an expressionof type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float.
float
The following example returns the COT for the specific angle.
DECLARE @angle float;
SET @angle = 124.1332;
SELECT 'The COT of the angle is: ' + CONVERT(varchar,COT(@angle));
GO [!INCLUDEssResult]
The COT of the angle is: -0.040312
(1 row(s) affected)