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Version: 3.2

sinh

Description

Computes the hyperbolic sine of the argument.

This function is supported from v3.0.

Syntax

DOUBLE sinh(DOUBLE arg)

Parameters

arg: You can specify only a numeric value. This function converts the numeric value into a DOUBLE value before it computes the hyperbolic sine of the value.

Return value

Returns a value of the DOUBLE data type.

Usage notes

If you specify a non-numeric value, this function returns NULL.

Examples

mysql> select sinh(-1);
+---------------------+
| sinh(-1) |
+---------------------+
| -1.1752011936438014 |
+---------------------+

mysql> select sinh(0);
+---------+
| sinh(0) |
+---------+
| 0 |
+---------+

mysql> select sinh(1);
+--------------------+
| sinh(1) |
+--------------------+
| 1.1752011936438014 |
+--------------------+

mysql> select sinh("");
+----------+
| sinh('') |
+----------+
| NULL |
+----------+

keyword

SINH