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Radians Purpose Converts angleInDegrees to radians. Format Radians(angleInDegrees) Parameters angleInDegrees - any numeric expression or field containing a numeric expression, in degrees Data type returned number Originated in FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier Description 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. Related topics Functions reference (category list) Functions reference (alphabetical list) About formulas About functions Defining calculation fields Using operators in formulas