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title: "TAN (Transact-SQL) | Microsoft Docs" ms.custom: "" ms.date: "03/03/2017" 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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TAN (Transact-SQL)

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Returns the tangent of the input expression.

Topic link icon Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

TAN ( float_expression )

Arguments

float_expression
Is an expression of type float or of a type that can be implicitly converted to float, interpreted as number of radians.

Return Types

float

Examples

The following example returns the tangent of PI()/2.

SELECT TAN(PI()/2);

[!INCLUDEssResult]

----------------------  
1.6331778728383844E+16

Examples: [!INCLUDEssSDWfull] and [!INCLUDEssPDW]

The following example returns the tangent of .45.

SELECT TAN(.45);

[!INCLUDEssResult]

--------  
0.48

See Also

Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)