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Oracle Tutorials: Numric/Math Functions
| Function | Description |
| ABS | The Oracle/PLSQL function of ABS returns the absolute value of the number. |
| ACOS | The Oracle/PLSQL function ACOS returns the number arcosine. |
| ASIN | The Oracle/PLSQL function ASIN returns the number’s arxynus. |
| ATAN | The Oracle/PLSQL function ATAN returns the arctangance of a number. |
| ATAN2 | Oracle/PLSQL function ATAN2 returns the arctangance n and m. |
| AVG | The Oracle/PLSQL function AVG returns the average value of the expression. |
| BITAND | The Oracle/PLSQL function BITAND returns an integer number representing the bitwise operation AND over the bits expr1 and expr2. |
| CEIL | The Oracle/PLSQL function CEIL returns the smallest integer number that is greater than or equal to number. |
| COS | The Oracle/PLSQL function COS returns a cosine number. |
| BITAND | The Oracle/PLSQL function BITAND returns an integer number representing the bitwise operation AND over the bits expr1 and expr2. |
| CEIL | The Oracle/PLSQL function CEIL returns the smallest integer number that is greater than or equal to number. |
| COS | The Oracle/PLSQL function COS returns a cosine number. |
| COSH | The Oracle/PLSQL function COSH returns a hyperbolic cosine number. |
| COUNT | The Oracle/PLSQL function COUNT returns the number of rows returned by the query. |
| EXP | Oracle/PLSQL function EXP returns e elevated to n-th degree where e = 2.71828183. |
| FLOOR | The Oracle/PLSQL function FLOOR returns the largest integer value equal to or less than a number. |
| GREATEST | Oracle/PLSQL function GREATEST returns the highest value in the list of expressions. |
| LEAST | Oracle/PLSQL function LEAST returns the smallest value in the expression list. |
| LN | The Oracle/PLSQL function LN returns the natural logarithm of a number. |
| LOG | The Oracle/PLSQL LOG function returns the logarithm n at the base m. |
| MAX | The Oracle/PLSQL function MAX returns the maximum value of the expression. |
| MEDIAN | The Oracle/PLSQL function MEDIAN returns the expression median. |
| MIN | Oracle/PLSQL The MIN function returns the minimum value of the expression. |
| MOD | Oracle/PLSQL function MOD returns the residue from division m by n. |
| POWER | The Oracle/PLSQL function POWER elevates m to degree n. |
| REGEXP_COUNT | Function Oracle/PLSQL REGEXP_COUNT calculates the number of occurrences of the template in the string. This function, introduced in Oracle 11g, allows you to count the number of times a substring occurs in a string using a regular expression pattern matching. |
| REMAINDER | Oracle/PLSQL function REMAINDER returns the residue from division m by n. |
| ROUND (FOR NUMBERS) | The Oracle/PLSQL function ROUND returns a number rounded to a certain number of digits after the decimal point. |
| SIGN | The Oracle/PLSQL function SIGN returns a value that defines a number sign. |
| SIN | The Oracle/PLSQL function SIN returns the sinus number. |
| SINH | The Oracle/PLSQL function SINH returns the hyperbolic sinus number. |
| SQRT | The Oracle/PLSQL SQRT function extracts the square root from the number. |
| SUM | The Oracle/PLSQL function SUM returns the total value of the expression. |
| TAN | The Oracle/PLSQL function TAN returns the number tangent. |
| TANH | The Oracle/PLSQL function TANH returns the hyperbolic tangent of a number. |
| TRUNC (FOR NUMBERS) | The Oracle/PLSQL function TRUNC returns a number truncated to a certain number of digits after the decimal point. |
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