Filemaker Pro 8.5 Educational Maintenance T3 TJ083LL/A User Manual

Product codes
TJ083LL/A
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210     FileMaker Functions Reference
Radians
Format
Radians(angleInDegrees)
Parameter
angleInDegrees - any numeric 
 containing a numeric expression, in 
degrees.
Data type returned
number
Description
Converts angleInDegress to radians. The parameters for FileMaker Pro trigonometric 
functions must be expressed in radians. If the values you want to use as parameters in a 
trigonometric equation are in degrees, use this function to convert them to radians first. A 
degree is equal to Pi/180 radians.
Examples
Radians(45) returns 
.78539816...
.
Sin(Radians(30)) returns 
.5
.
Sin
Format
Sin(angleInRadians)
Parameter
angleInRadians
 - any numeric 
 containing a numeric expression, in 
radians.
Data type returned
number
Description
Returns the sine of angleInRadians expressed in radians.
Examples
Sin(Radians(60)) returns 
.86602
.
Sin(.610865) returns 
.57357624...
.
Radians
π angleInDegrees
180
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