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| function | atan | 
| Library: Trigonometry (OMTRIG legacy) Include: omtrig.xin | Return type: opaque Returns: The arc tangent of a floating point number. | 
define external float function
     atan value float x
Use atan to calculate, in radians, the arc tangent of a floating point number. (The arc tangent is the inverse of the tangent.) This trigonometric function works the same way as its equivalent in the C math library.
Example:
  include "omtrig.xin"
  process
     local float x initial {90}
     local float atan-value
     set atan-value to atan x
     output "Arc tangent of x where x = " 
         || "d" % x 
         || " is "
         || "d" % atan-value
         || "%n"
  ; Output: "Arc tangent of x where x = 90 is 1.559685672897289"
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