DEGREES: Converting Radians to Degrees

DEGREES converts an angle in radians to an angle in degrees.

Convert Radians to Degrees

DEGREES(expression)

where:

expression

Numeric

Is an angle in radians.

Converting Radians to Degrees

The following request converts 0, PI/2, PI/4, and PI radians to degrees.

DEFINE FILE ggsales
PI2 = PI()/2;
PI4 = PI()/4;
END

TABLE FILE ggsales
PRINT COMPUTE
DEG1/D12.2 = DEGREES(0);
DEG2/D12.2 = DEGREES(PI2);
DEG3/D12.2 = DEGREES(PI4);
DEG4/D12.2 = DEGREES(PI());
BY DATE
WHERE RECORDLIMIT EQ 1
ON TABLE SET PAGE NOLEAD
ON TABLE SET STYLE *
GRID=OFF,$
ENDSTYLE
END

The output is shown in the following image.

DEGREES converts pi radians to degrees.

DEGREES(PI())

The result is 180.