mathATan

Returns the arctangent (inverse tangent) in degrees. Takes value (tangent value). Returns the angle in degrees.

Mathematics

Parameters & Returns

Parameters

value Double

Returns

Double

Quick Summary

Returns the arctangent (inverse tangent) in degrees. Takes value (tangent value). Returns the angle in degrees.

Technical Exegesis...

Calculates the angle whose tangent equals the input value. The result is returned in degrees, not radians.

Returns an angle between -90 and 90 degrees. For finding angles from X and Y coordinates, use mathATan2 instead which handles all four quadrants correctly.

Example

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