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31.TH ATAN2 3 2002-07-27 "" "Linux Programmer's Manual"
32.SH NAME
33atan2, atan2f, atan2l \- arc tangent function of two variables
34.SH SYNOPSIS
35.nf
36.B #include <math.h>
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fea681da 38.BI "double atan2(double " y ", double " x );
fea681da 39.BI "float atan2f(float " y ", float " x );
fea681da 40.BI "long double atan2l(long double " y ", long double " x );
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fea681da 42.fi
20c58d70 43Link with \fI\-lm\fP.
fea681da 44.SH DESCRIPTION
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45The
46.BR atan2 ()
47function calculates the arc tangent of the two
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48variables \fIx\fP and \fIy\fP.
49It is similar to calculating the
646b2977 50arc tangent of \fIy\ /\ x\fP, except that the signs of both
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51arguments are used to determine the quadrant of the result.
52.SH "RETURN VALUE"
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53The
54.BR atan2 ()
55function returns the result in radians, which
4d9b6984 56is between \-PI and PI (inclusive).
fea681da 57.SH "CONFORMING TO"
68e1685c 58SVr4, POSIX.1-2001, 4.3BSD, C89.
c13182ef 59The
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60.I float
61and
62.I "long double"
63variants are C99 requirements.
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64.SH "SEE ALSO"
65.BR acos (3),
66.BR asin (3),
67.BR atan (3),
68.BR cos (3),
69.BR sin (3),
70.BR tan (3)