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JavaScript atan2 () method

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Examples

Examples 1 - atan2 (y, x)

Specify a coordinate (x, y), the coordinate values ​​(4,8), used to atan2 is () method to calculate the angle between the X-axis coordinate of the arc, the following examples:

Math.atan2(8,4);

The above example output:

1.1071487177940904


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Definition and Usage

atan () method returns the arctangent of a number.

The returned value represents the angle of curvature of the coordinates (x, y) and the X axis.

Note: atan2 () has two parameters, y coordinates are passed as the first parameter, X coordinates passed as the second parameter.


Browser Support

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All major browsers support atan2 () method


grammar

Math.atan2( y , x )

参数 描述
y 必须。一个数字代表Y坐标
x 必须。 一个数字代表x坐标

return value

类型 描述
Number x 的反正切值。返回的值是 -PI/2 到 PI/2 之间的弧度值。

technical details

JavaScript version: 1.0


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