COT (Transact-SQL)

**APPLIES TO:** SQL Server (starting with 2008) Azure SQL Database Azure SQL Data Warehouse Parallel Data Warehouse

A mathematical function that returns the trigonometric cotangent of the specified angle - in radians - in the specified float expression.

Transact-SQL Syntax Conventions

Syntax

COT ( float_expression )  

Arguments

float_expression
An expression of type float, or of a type that can implicitly convert to float.

Return types

float

Examples

This example returns the COT value for the specific angle:

DECLARE @angle float;  
SET @angle = 124.1332;  
SELECT 'The COT of the angle is: ' + CONVERT(varchar,COT(@angle));  
GO  

Here is the result set.

The COT of the angle is: -0.040312                
  
(1 row(s) affected)  

See also

Mathematical Functions (Transact-SQL)