SINH

The SINH function returns the hyperbolic sine of Expression.

SQL syntax

SINH(Expression)

Parameters

SINH has the parameter:

Parameter Description

Expression

Operand or column can be any numeric data type or any non-numeric data type that can be implicitly converted to a numeric data type.

Description

  • If Expression is of type NUMBER, the data type returned is NUMBER. For all other numeric data types, the data type returned is BINARY_DOUBLE.

  • If the value of Expression is NULL, NULL is returned.

Example

Use the SINH function to return the hyperbolic sine of 1. 

Command> SELECT SINH(1) "Hyperbolic sine of 1" FROM dual;
< 1.17520119364380145688238185059560081516 >
1 row found.