ATAN(3G)

NAME
atan - return the arc-tangent of the parameters

DECLARATION

genType atan(genType y, genType x);

genType atan(genType y_over_x);

PARAMETERS

y
    Specify the numerator of the fraction whose arctangent to return.

x
    Specify the denominator of the fraction whose arctangent to return.

y_over_x
    Specify the fraction whose arctangent to return.

DESCRIPTION

atan returns either the angle whose trigonometric arctangent is $y \over x$ or y_over_x, depending on which overload is invoked. In the first overload, the signs of $y$ and $x$ are used to determine the quadrant that the angle lies in. The value returned by atan in this case is in the range $[-\pi,\pi]$. The result is undefined if $x = 0$.

For the second overload, atan returns the angle whose tangent is y_over_x. The value returned in this case is in the range $[-{\pi \over 2 },{\pi \over 2}]$.

VERSION SUPPORT
 | OpenGL Shading Language Version
Function Name | 1.10 | 1.20 | 1.30 | 1.40 | 1.50 | 3.30 | 4.00 | 4.10 | 4.20 | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.50
atan | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔

SEE ALSO

sin(), cos(), tan()

COPYRIGHT

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COPYRIGHT
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