The atan2 functions compute the principal value of the arc
tangent of y/x in the range [-pi,pi] radians. The sign of
atan2 and atan2f is determined by the sign of y. The value of
atan2(y,x) is computed as follows, where f is the number of
fraction bits associated with the data type:
Value of Input
Arguments Angle Returned
x = 0 or y/x > pi/2 * (sign y)
2**(f+1)
x > 0 and y/x <= atan(y/x)
2**(f+1)
x < 0 and y/x <= pi * (sign y) + atan(y/x)
2**(f+1)
The atand2 functions compute the principal value of the arc
tangent of y/x in the range [-180,180] degrees. The sign of
atand2 and atand2f is determined by the sign of y.
The following are invalid arguments for the atan2 and atand2
functions:
Function Exceptional Argument
atan2, atan2f, atan2l x = y = 0
atan2, atan2f, atan2l |x| = |y| = Infinity
atand2, atand2f, atand2l x = y = 0
atand2, atand2f, atand2l |x| = |y| = Infinity