2-quadrant and 4-quadrant element-wise inverse tangent, result in degree. (original) (raw)

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atand

2-quadrant and 4-quadrant element-wise inverse tangent, result in degree.

Calling Sequence

phi=atand(x) phi=atand(y,x)

Arguments

x

real scalar, vector or matrix

phi

real scalar, vector or matrix

x, y

real scalars, vectors or matrices of the same size

phi

real scalar, vector or matrix

Description

The first form computes the 2-quadrant inverse tangent, which is the inverse of tand(phi). The`` phi elements are in the interval [-90, 90].

The second form computes the 4-quadrant arctangent (atan2 in Fortran), this is, it returns the argument (angle) of the complex numberx+i*y. The range of atand(y,x) is [-180,180i].

Both forms yield identical values ifx>0.

Examples

x=[0,1/sqrt(3),1,sqrt(3),%inf,0] atand(x)

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