atan2

, atan2f

, atan2l

- arc tangent function

Synopsis

c99 [ flag... ] file... -lm [ library... ]
#include <math.h>

double atan2(double y, double x);

float atan2f(float y, float x);

long double atan2l(long double y, long double x);

Description

These functions compute the principal value of the arc tangent of y/x, using the signs of both arguments to determine the quadrant of the return value.

Return Values

Upon successful completion, these functions return the arc tangent of y/x in the range [ -π,π ] radians.

If y is ±0 and x is < 0, ±π is returned.

If y is ±0 and x is > 0, ±0 is returned.

If y is < 0 and x is ±0, -π/2 is returned.

If y is > 0 and x is ±0, π/2 is returned.

If x is 0, a pole error does not occur.

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

If y is ±0 and x is –0, ±π is returned.

If y is ±0 and x is +0, ±0 is returned.

For finite values of ±y > 0, if x is -Inf, ±π is returned.

For finite values of ±y > 0, if x is +Inf, ±0 is returned.

For finite values of x, if y is ±Inf, ±π/2 is returned.

If y is ±Inf and x is -Inf, ±3π/4 is returned.

If y is ±Inf and x is +Inf, ±π/4 is returned.

If both arguments are 0, a domain error does not occur.

Errors

No errors are defined.

Attributes

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

See Also

atan(3M), isnan(3M), math.h(3HEAD)tan(3M), attributes(5), standards(5)