degrees - OpenGL 4 Reference Pages

## Name

degrees — convert a quantity in radians to degrees

## Declaration

`genType degrees(` | genType radians`)`;

## Parameters

`radians`

  Specify the quantity, in radians, to be converted to degrees.

## Description

`degrees` converts a quantity specified in radians into degrees. The return value is ${ 180 \times radians } \over \pi$.

## Version Support

| OpenGL Shading Language Version
--- | ---
Function Name | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 3.30 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50
degrees | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔

## See Also

radians

## Copyright

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