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.
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