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# DEGREES (Transact-SQL)
[!INCLUDE[tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md](../../includes/tsql-appliesto-ss2008-all-md.md)]

This function returns the corresponding angle, in degrees, for an angle specified in radians.  
  
 ![Topic link icon](../../database-engine/configure-windows/media/topic-link.gif "Topic link icon") [Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions](../../t-sql/language-elements/transact-sql-syntax-conventions-transact-sql.md)  
  
## Syntax  
  
```  
DEGREES ( numeric_expression )  
```  
  
## Arguments  
 *numeric_expression*  
An [expression](../../t-sql/language-elements/expressions-transact-sql.md) of the exact numeric or approximate numeric data type category, except for the **bit** data type.  
  
## Return Code Values  
Returns a value whose data type matches the data type of *numeric_expression*.  
  
## Examples  
This example returns the number of degrees in an angle of PI/2 radians.  
  
```  
SELECT 'The number of degrees in PI/2 radians is: ' +   
CONVERT(varchar, DEGREES((PI()/2)));  
GO  
```  
  
 [!INCLUDE[ssResult](../../includes/ssresult-md.md)]  
  
```  
The number of degrees in PI/2 radians is 90         
  
(1 row(s) affected)  
```  
  
## See Also  
 [Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)](../../t-sql/functions/mathematical-functions-transact-sql.md)