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atan2

Arc tangent function of two variables
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Interface

#include <math.h>double atan2 (double y, double x)long atan2l (long double y, long double x)float atan2f (float y, float x)

Description

The atan2 function computes the principal value of the arc tangent of y / x, using the signs of both arguments to determine the quadrant of the return value. It produces correct results even when the resulting angle is near or (for x near 0).

Example:

Example - Arc tangent function of two variables
Workings
#include <stdio.h>
#include <math.h>
int main(void)
{
double result, x = 90.0, y = 15.0;
result = atan2(y, x);
printf("The arc tangent ratio of %lf is %lf\n", (y/x), result);
return 0;
}
Solution
Output:

The arc tangent ratio of 0.166667 is 0.165149

Special Values

atan2 ( ±0, -0 ) returns ±.

atan2 ( ±0, +0 ) returns ±0.

atan2 ( ±0, x ) returns ± for x < 0.

atan2 ( ±0, x ) returns ±0 for x > 0.

atan2 ( ±0 ) returns for y > 0.

atan2 ( ±y, -∞ ) returns ± for finite y > 0.

atan2 ( ±y, +∞ ) returns ±0 for finite y > 0.

atan2 ( ±∞, +x ) returns ± for finite x

atan2 ( ±∞, -∞ ) returns ±.

atan2 ( ±∞, +∞ ) returns ±.

Notes

The atan2 function is used mostly to convert from rectangular (x,y) to polar (r, ) coordinates that must satisfy and . In general, conversions to polar coordinates should be computed thus:

Standards

The atan2 function conforms to ISO/IEC 9899:1999(E).