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Name

atan2, atan2f, atan2l - arc tangent function of two variables

Synopsis


#include <math.h>double atan2(double y, double x);float atan2f(float y, float
x);long double atan2l(long double y, long double x);
Link with -lm.

Feature Test Macro Requirements for glibc (see feature_test_macros(7) ):

atan2f(), atan2l():

_BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE || _XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600 || _ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L;
or cc -std=c99

Description

The atan2() function calculates the principal value of the arc tangent of y/x, using the signs of the two arguments to determine the quadrant of the result.

Return Value

On success, these functions return the principal value of the arc tangent of y/x in radians; the return value is in the range [-pi, pi].

If y is +0 (-0) and x is less than 0, +pi (-pi) is returned.

If y is +0 (-0) and x is greater than 0, +0 (-0) is returned.

If y is less than 0 and x is +0 or -0, -pi/2 is returned.

If y is greater than 0 and x is +0 or -0, pi/2 is returned.

If either x or y is NaN, a NaN is returned.

If y is +0 (-0) and x is -0, +pi (-pi) is returned.

If y is +0 (-0) and x is +0, +0 (-0) is returned.

If y is a finite value greater (less) than 0, and x is negative infinity, +pi (-pi) is returned.

If y is a finite value greater (less) than 0, and x is positive infinity, +0 (-0) is returned.

If y is positive infinity (negative infinity), and x is finite, pi/2 (-pi/2) is returned.

If y is positive infinity (negative infinity) and x is negative infinity, +3*pi/4 (-3*pi/4) is returned.

If y is positive infinity (negative infinity) and x is positive infinity, +pi/4 (-pi/4) is returned.

Errors

No errors occur.

Conforming to

C99, POSIX.1-2001. The variant returning double also conforms to SVr4, 4.3BSD, C89.

See Also

acos(3) , asin(3) , atan(3) , carg(3) , cos(3) , sin(3) , tan(3)

Colophon

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