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diff --git a/upstream/archlinux/man3p/atan2.3p b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/atan2.3p new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f958aaf6 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/archlinux/man3p/atan2.3p @@ -0,0 +1,241 @@ +'\" et +.TH ATAN2 "3P" 2017 "IEEE/The Open Group" "POSIX Programmer's Manual" +.\" +.SH PROLOG +This manual page is part of the POSIX Programmer's Manual. +The Linux implementation of this interface may differ (consult +the corresponding Linux manual page for details of Linux behavior), +or the interface may not be implemented on Linux. +.\" +.SH NAME +atan2, +atan2f, +atan2l +\(em arc tangent functions +.SH SYNOPSIS +.LP +.nf +#include <math.h> +.P +double atan2(double \fIy\fP, double \fIx\fP); +float atan2f(float \fIy\fP, float \fIx\fP); +long double atan2l(long double \fIy\fP, long double \fIx\fP); +.fi +.SH DESCRIPTION +The functionality described on this reference page is aligned with the +ISO\ C standard. Any conflict between the requirements described here and the +ISO\ C standard is unintentional. This volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017 defers to the ISO\ C standard. +.P +These functions shall compute the principal value of the arc tangent of +.IR y /\c +.IR x , +using the signs of both arguments to determine the quadrant of the +return value. +.P +An application wishing to check for error situations should set +.IR errno +to zero and call +.IR feclearexcept (FE_ALL_EXCEPT) +before calling these functions. On return, if +.IR errno +is non-zero or \fIfetestexcept\fR(FE_INVALID | FE_DIVBYZERO | +FE_OVERFLOW | FE_UNDERFLOW) is non-zero, an error has occurred. +.SH "RETURN VALUE" +Upon successful completion, these functions shall return the arc +tangent of +.IR y /\c +.IR x +in the range [\-\(*p,\(*p] radians. +.P +If +.IR y +is \(+-0 and +.IR x +is < 0, \(+-\(*p shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR y +is \(+-0 and +.IR x +is > 0, \(+-0 shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR y +is < 0 and +.IR x +is \(+-0, \-\(*p/2 shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR y +is > 0 and +.IR x +is \(+-0, \(*p/2 shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR x +is 0, a pole error shall not occur. +.P +If either +.IR x +or +.IR y +is NaN, a NaN shall be returned. +.P +If the correct value would cause underflow, a range error may occur, and +\fIatan\fR(), +\fIatan2f\fR(), +and +\fIatan2l\fR() +shall return an implementation-defined value no greater in magnitude +than DBL_MIN, FLT_MIN, and LDBL_MIN, respectively. +.P +If the IEC 60559 Floating-Point option is supported, +.IR y /\c +.IR x +should be returned. +.P +If +.IR y +is \(+-0 and +.IR x +is \-0, \(+-\(*p shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR y +is \(+-0 and +.IR x +is +0, \(+-0 shall be returned. +.P +For finite values of \(+-\c +.IR y +> 0, if +.IR x +is \-Inf, \(+-\(*p shall be returned. +.P +For finite values of \(+-\c +.IR y +> 0, if +.IR x +is +Inf, \(+-0 shall be returned. +.P +For finite values of +.IR x , +if +.IR y +is \(+-Inf, \(+-\(*p/2 shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR y +is \(+-Inf and +.IR x +is \-Inf, \(+-3\(*p/4 shall be returned. +.P +If +.IR y +is \(+-Inf and +.IR x +is +Inf, \(+-\(*p/4 shall be returned. +.P +If both arguments are 0, a domain error shall not occur. +.SH ERRORS +These functions may fail if: +.IP "Range\ Error" 12 +The result underflows. +.RS 12 +.P +If the integer expression (\fImath_errhandling\fR & MATH_ERRNO) is +non-zero, then +.IR errno +shall be set to +.BR [ERANGE] . +If the integer expression (\fImath_errhandling\fR & MATH_ERREXCEPT) is +non-zero, then the underflow floating-point exception shall be raised. +.RE +.LP +.IR "The following sections are informative." +.SH EXAMPLES +.SS "Converting Cartesian to Polar Coordinates System" +.P +The function below uses +\fIatan2\fR() +to convert a 2d vector expressed in cartesian coordinates +(\fIx\fR,\fIy\fR) to the polar coordinates (\fIrho\fR,\fItheta\fR). +There are other ways to compute the angle +.IR theta , +using +\fIasin\fR() +\fIacos\fR(), +or +\fIatan\fR(). +However, +\fIatan2\fR() +presents here two advantages: +.IP " *" 4 +The angle's quadrant is automatically determined. +.IP " *" 4 +The singular cases (0,\fIy\fR) are taken into account. +.P +Finally, this example uses +\fIhypot\fR() +rather than +\fIsqrt\fR() +since it is better for special cases; see +\fIhypot\fR() +for more information. +.sp +.RS 4 +.nf + +#include <math.h> +.P +void +cartesian_to_polar(const double x, const double y, + double *rho, double *theta + ) +{ + *rho = hypot (x,y); /* better than sqrt(x*x+y*y) */ + *theta = atan2 (y,x); +} +.fi +.P +.RE +.SH "APPLICATION USAGE" +On error, the expressions (\fImath_errhandling\fR & MATH_ERRNO) and +(\fImath_errhandling\fR & MATH_ERREXCEPT) are independent of each +other, but at least one of them must be non-zero. +.SH RATIONALE +None. +.SH "FUTURE DIRECTIONS" +None. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR "\fIacos\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIasin\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIatan\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIfeclearexcept\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIfetestexcept\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIhypot\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIisnan\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fIsqrt\fR\^(\|)", +.IR "\fItan\fR\^(\|)" +.P +The Base Definitions volume of POSIX.1\(hy2017, +.IR "Section 4.20" ", " "Treatment of Error Conditions for Mathematical Functions", +.IR "\fB<math.h>\fP" +.\" +.SH COPYRIGHT +Portions of this text are reprinted and reproduced in electronic form +from IEEE Std 1003.1-2017, Standard for Information Technology +-- Portable Operating System Interface (POSIX), The Open Group Base +Specifications Issue 7, 2018 Edition, +Copyright (C) 2018 by the Institute of +Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc and The Open Group. +In the event of any discrepancy between this version and the original IEEE and +The Open Group Standard, the original IEEE and The Open Group Standard +is the referee document. The original Standard can be obtained online at +http://www.opengroup.org/unix/online.html . +.PP +Any typographical or formatting errors that appear +in this page are most likely +to have been introduced during the conversion of the source files to +man page format. To report such errors, see +https://www.kernel.org/doc/man-pages/reporting_bugs.html . |