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SQL math functions

The InfluxDB SQL implementation supports the following math functions for performing mathematic operations:

abs

Returns the absolute value of a number.

abs(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View abs query example

acos

Returns the arc cosine or inverse cosine of a number.

acos(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View acos query example

acosh

Returns the area hyperbolic cosine or inverse hyperbolic cosine of a number.

acosh(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View acosh query example

asin

Returns the arc sine or inverse sine of a number.

asin(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View asin query example

asinh

Returns the area hyperbolic sine or inverse hyperbolic sine of a number.

asinh(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View asinh query example

atan

Returns the arc tangent or inverse tangent of a number.

atan(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View atan query example

atanh

Returns the area hyperbolic tangent or inverse hyperbolic tangent of a number.

atanh(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View atanh query example

atan2

Returns the arc tangent or inverse tangent of expression_y / expression_x.

atan2(expression_y, expression_x)
Arguments
  • expression_y: First numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.
  • expression_x: Second numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View atan2 query example

cbrt

Returns the cube root of a number.

cbrt(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View cbrt query example

ceil

Returns the nearest integer greater than or equal to a number.

ceil(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View ceil query example

cos

Returns the cosine of a number.

cos(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View cos query example

cosh

Returns the hyperbolic cosine of a number.

cosh(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View cosh query example

degrees

Converts radians to degrees.

degrees(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View degrees query example

exp

Returns the base-e exponential of a number.

exp(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to use as the exponent. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View exp query example

factorial

Returns 1 if value is less than 2.

factorial(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Must be an integer (BIGINT). Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View factorial query example

floor

Returns the nearest integer less than or equal to a number.

floor(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View floor query example

gcd

Returns the greatest common divisor of expression_x and expression_y. Returns 0 if both inputs are zero.

gcd(expression_x, expression_y)
Arguments
  • expression_x: First numeric expression to operate on. Must be an integer (BIGINT). Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.
  • expression_y: Second numeric expression to operate on. Must be an integer (BIGINT). Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View gcd query example

isnan

Returns true if a given number is ±NaN, otherwise returns false.

isnan(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Must be a float (DOUBLE). Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View isnan query example

iszero

Returns true if the given number is ±0.0, otherwise returns false.

iszero(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View iszero query example

lcm

Returns the least common multiple of expression_x and expression_y. Returns 0 if either input is zero.

lcm(expression_x, expression_y)
Arguments
  • expression_x: First numeric expression to operate on. Must be an integer (BIGINT). Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.
  • expression_y: Second numeric expression to operate on. Must be an integer (BIGINT). Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View lcm query example

ln

Returns the natural logarithm of a number.

ln(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View ln query example

log

Returns the base-x logarithm of a number.

log([base, ]numeric_expression)

Arguments

  • base: Base numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators. Default is 10.
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View log query example

log10

Returns the base-10 logarithm of a number.

log10(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View log10 query example

log2

Returns the base-2 logarithm of a number.

log2(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View log2 query example

nanvl

Returns the first argument if it’s not ±NaN. Otherwise returns the second argument.

nanvl(expression_x, expression_y)
Arguments
  • expression_x: Numeric expression to return if it’s not NaN. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.
  • expression_y: Numeric expression to return if the first expression is NaN. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View nanvl query example

pi

Returns an approximate value of π.

pi()

View pi query example

power

Returns a base expression raised to the power of an exponent.

power(base, exponent)
Aliases
  • pow
Arguments
  • base: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.
  • exponent: Exponent numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View power query example

pow

Alias of power.

radians

Converts degrees to radians.

radians(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View radians query example

random

Returns a random float value between 0 and 1. The random seed is unique to each row.

random()

View random query example

round

Rounds a number to the nearest integer.

round(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View round query example

signum

Returns the sign of a number. Negative numbers return -1. Zero and positive numbers return 1.

signum(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View signum query example

sin

Returns the sine of a number.

sin(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View sin query example

sinh

Returns the hyperbolic sine of a number.

sinh(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View sinh query example

sqrt

Returns the square root of a number.

sqrt(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View sqrt query example

tan

Returns the tangent of a number.

tan(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View tan query example

tanh

Returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number.

tanh(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View tanh query example

trunc

Truncates a number toward zero (at the decimal point).

trunc(numeric_expression)
Arguments
  • numeric_expression: Numeric expression to operate on. Can be a constant, column, or function, and any combination of arithmetic operators.

View trunc query example


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