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

       This  page  is  part of release 4.15 of the Linux man-pages project.  A 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/.

                                            2017-09-15                                   ATAN2(3)