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## `ATAN` [esql-atan]
**Syntax**
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**Parameters**
`number`
: Numeric expression. If `null`, the function returns `null`.
**Description**
Returns the [arctangent](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverse_trigonometric_functions) of the input numeric expression as an angle, expressed in radians.
**Supported types**
| number | result |
| --- | --- |
| double | double |
| integer | double |
| long | double |
| unsigned_long | double |
**Example**
```esql
ROW a=12.9
| EVAL atan=ATAN(a)
```
| a:double | atan:double |
| --- | --- |
| 12.9 | 1.4934316673669235 |