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<B>ATAN2</B> _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _  _ _ _ <B>operator</B><P>
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<em>atan2</em>(&lt;expression&gt;,&lt;expression&gt;) 
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&lt;expression&gt; is any valid scalar REDUCE expression. In 

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the principal value of the arc tangent of the second argument divided by 
the first in the range [-pi,+pi] radians, using the signs of both 
arguments to determine the quadrant of the return value. An expression in 
terms of <em>atan2</em> is returned in other cases. 
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atan2(3,2); 

  ATAN2(3,2); 


on rounded; 

atan2(3,2); 

  0.982793723247 


atan2(a,b); 

  ATAN2(A,B); 


atan2(1,0); 

  1.57079632679

</TT></PRE><P><em>atan2</em>returns a numeric value only if 
<A HREF=r37_0330.html>rounded</A> is on. Then 
<em>atan2</em> is calculated to the current degree of floating point precision. 

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