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Python atan () function

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description

atan () returns the arctangent of x in radians.


grammar

The following is the syntax atan () method:

import math

math.atan(x)

Note: atan () is not directly accessible, you need to import math module, and then call the method by math static objects.


parameter

  • x - a value.

return value

Returns the arctangent of x in radians.


Examples

The following shows an example of the use of atan () method:

#!/usr/bin/python
import math

print "atan(0.64) : ",  math.atan(0.64)
print "atan(0) : ",  math.atan(0)
print "atan(10) : ",  math.atan(10)
print "atan(-1) : ",  math.atan(-1)
print "atan(1) : ",  math.atan(1)

After running the above example output is:

atan(0.64) :  0.569313191101
atan(0) :  0.0
atan(10) :  1.4711276743
atan(-1) :  -0.785398163397
atan(1) :  0.785398163397

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