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():
_ISOC99_SOURCE || _POSIX_C_SOURCE >= 200112L
|| /* Since glibc 2.19: */ _DEFAULT_SOURCE
|| /* Glibc versions <= 2.19: */ _BSD_SOURCE || _SVID_SOURCE
DESCRIPTION
These functions calculate 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.
ATTRIBUTES
For an explanation of the terms used in this section, see attributes(7). Interface Attribute Value atan2(), atan2f(), atan2l() Thread safety MT-Safe
CONFORMING TO
C99, POSIX.1-2001, POSIX.1-2008. 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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description of the project, information about reporting bugs, and the
latest version of this page, can be found at
https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/.
2016-03-15 ATAN2(3)
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