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author | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-03-01 05:06:48 +0000 |
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committer | jkh <jkh@FreeBSD.org> | 1995-03-01 05:06:48 +0000 |
commit | 4d71750d42027edbc0501a36f71265917f601d76 (patch) | |
tree | 68d1372161050b27e72d171803683f7f1bc388eb /lib/msun/man/atan2.3 | |
parent | bfcb419e68efbbb96953c29a9b4c15c948b1e11c (diff) | |
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Additions from Thomas Graichen to mention each functions' floating point
counterpart.
Submitted by: Thomas Graichen <graichen@sirius.physik.fu-berlin.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/msun/man/atan2.3')
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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/msun/man/atan2.3 b/lib/msun/man/atan2.3 index 79b0277..72c3588 100644 --- a/lib/msun/man/atan2.3 +++ b/lib/msun/man/atan2.3 @@ -30,40 +30,47 @@ .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" from: @(#)atan2.3 5.1 (Berkeley) 5/2/91 -.\" $Id: atan2.3,v 1.3 1993/08/14 13:42:32 mycroft Exp $ +.\" $Id: atan2.3,v 1.1.1.1 1994/08/19 09:39:41 jkh Exp $ .\" .Dd May 2, 1991 .Dt ATAN2 3 .Os .Sh NAME -.Nm atan2 -.Nd arc tangent function of two variables +.Nm atan2 , +.Nm atan2f +.Nd arc tangent functions of two variables .Sh SYNOPSIS .Fd #include <math.h> .Ft double .Fn atan2 "double y" "double x" +.Ft float +.Fn atan2f "float y" "float x" .Sh DESCRIPTION The -.Xr atan2 -function computes the principal value of the arc tangent of -.Ar y/ Ns Ar x , +.Fn atan2 +and the +.Fn atan2f +functions compute the principal value of the arc tangent of +.Fa y/ Ns Ar x , using the signs of both arguments to determine the quadrant of the return value. .Sh RETURN VALUES The -.Xr atan2 -function, if successful, -returns the arc tangent of -.Ar y/ Ns Ar x +.Fn atan2 +and the +.Fn atan2f +functions, if successful, +return the arc tangent of +.Fa y/ Ns Ar x in the range .Bk -words .Bq \&- Ns \*(Pi , \&+ Ns \*(Pi .Ek radians. If both -.Ar x +.Fa x and -.Ar y +.Fa y are zero, the global variable .Va errno is set to |