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ABS<br />

❑ LOG10<br />

❑ PI<br />

❑ POWER<br />

❑ RADIANS<br />

❑ RAND<br />

❑ ROUND<br />

❑ SIGN<br />

❑ SIN<br />

❑ SQRT<br />

❑ SQUARE<br />

❑ TAN<br />

The ABS function returns the positive, absolute value of numeric expression. The syntax is as follows:<br />

ACOS<br />

ABS()<br />

The ACOS function returns the angle in radians for which the cosine is the expression (in other words,<br />

it returns the arccosine of expression). The syntax is as follows:<br />

ACOS()<br />

The value of expression must be between -1 and 1 and be of the float data type.<br />

ASIN<br />

The ASIN function returns the angle in radians for which the sine is the expression (in other words, it<br />

returns the arcsine of expression). The syntax is as follows:<br />

ASIN()<br />

The value of expression must be between -1 and 1 and be of the float data type.<br />

ATAN<br />

The ATAN function returns the angle in radians for which the tangent is expression (in other words, it<br />

returns the arctangent of expression). The syntax is as follows:<br />

ATAN()<br />

Apendix A: System Functions<br />

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