Attention

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ATAN

Returns the arc tangent (inverse tangent) of a numeric input.

IEC 61131-3

Section 2.5.1.5.2

Support

Not yet supported

Signatures

#

Input (IN)

Return Type

Support

1

REAL

REAL

Not yet supported

2

LREAL

LREAL

Not yet supported

Description

Returns the arc tangent of IN in radians. The result is in the range [-pi/2, pi/2].

Example

result := ATAN(REAL#0.0);   (* result = 0.0 *)
value := ATAN(LREAL#1.0);   (* value ~ 0.7853982 *)

See Also

  • TAN — tangent

  • ASIN — arc sine

  • ACOS — arc cosine