Numeric ABS ACOS ASIN ATAN ATAN2 BITAND CEIL COS COSH functions

1)ABS
The ABS function takes any numeric datatype or any nonnumeric datatype (that can be implicitly converted to a numeric datatype) as an argument and return the absolute value of the datatype.

It takes only single value as argument.

Syntax:ABS(n)
Example:
SQL>Select ABS(-100) FROM DUAL;
ABS(-100)
----------
100

2)ACOS
We all know that cos60 degree=.5 and 180 degree=pi redian=3.1416 (approx). ACOS returns the arc cosine of n. n must be in the range of -1 to 1 as we know the value of cosine can very between +1 to -1. Here ACOS function returns a value in the range of 0 to pi, expressed in radians.

Example:
Here result will appear in redians (by default)
SQL> select acos(.5) from dual;
ACOS(.5)
----------
1.04719755

To get result in degree, (180 degree= pi redian)
SQL> select acos(.5)*180/3.1416 from dual;
ACOS(.5)*180/3.1416
-------------------
59.9998597


3)ASIN
ASIN returns the arc sine of n. It behaves just like ACOS. The argument n must be in the range of -1 to 1, and ASIN returns a value in the range of -pi/2 to pi/2, expressed in radians.
Example:
To get arc sine value of .5 in radians,
SQL> SELECT ASIN(.5) FROM DUAL;
ASIN(.5)
----------
.523598776

To get arc sine value of .5 in degrees,

SQL> SELECT ASIN(.5)*180/3.1416 FROM DUAL;
ASIN(.5)*180/3.1416
-------------------
29.9999298

4)ATAN:
ATAN returns the arc tangent of n. It behaves just like ASIN, ACOS. The argument passed to this function can be in an unbounded range and returns a value in the range of -pi/2 to pi/2, expressed in radians.

To get arc tangent of 1 in radians,
SQL> SELECT ATAN(1) FROM DUAL;
ATAN(1)
----------
.785398163
To get arc tangent of value .5 in degrees,
SQL> SELECT ATAN(1) *180/3.1416 FROM DUAL;
ATAN(1)*180/3.1416
------------------
44.9998948

5)ATAN2:
This functions takes two arguments and return arc tangent of two arguments. The argument can be passed as ATAN2(n1,n2) or ATAN2(n1/n2) and both are same. The argument n1 can be in an unbounded range and this function returns a value in the range of -pi to pi, depending on the signs of n1 and n2, expressed in radians.

Example:
SQL> SELECT ATAN2(.2,.1) FROM DUAL;
ATAN2(.2,.1)
------------
1.10714872

6)BITAND: BITAND function take two integer arguments and do an AND operation between them. Suppose if we want AND operation between 10 and 7 then it AND bit by bit which is
1010(10) and
0111(7) and result is

0010 (2)
SQL> SELECT BITAND(10,7) FROM DUAL;
BITAND(10,7)
------------
2

For 1(001) and 7(111) the result is 1 (001)
SQL> SELECT BITAND(1,7) FROM DUAL;
BITAND(1,7)
-----------
1

7)CEIL
CEIL returns smallest integer greater than or equal to the argument passed in it.
SQL> SELECT CEIL(1.8) FROM DUAL;
CEIL(1.8)
----------
2

SQL> SELECT CEIL(1.2) FROM DUAL;
CEIL(1.2)
----------
2
Since the smallest greater integer than 1.2 is 2.
SQL> SELECT CEIL(1.00) FROM DUAL;
CEIL(1.00)
----------
1


8)COS
The function COS takes single argument in radians in return consine of the value.
To get consine value of 60 degree,
SQL> SELECT COS(60*3.14159265359/180) FROM DUAL;
COS(60*3.14159265359/180)
-------------------------
.5

9)COSH
The COSH function takes a single numeric argument and returns the hyperbolic cosine of that value.
SQL> SELECT COSH(2) from dual;
COSH(2)
----------
3.76219569

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