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Arctan - the arc tangent of a number, returned in radians

function ArcTan ( const Number : Extended ) : Extended; Description The ArcTan function is a mathematical function giving the value in radians of the Arc Tangent of Number. PI radians = 180 degrees Notes The System unit supports only the following angular functions: ArcTan Sin Cos Special floating point values INF, -INF yield +PI/2 and -PI/2 respectively. Related commands ArcCos The Arc Cosine of a number, returned in radians ArcSin The Arc Sine of a number, returned in radians Cos The Cosine of a number Sin The Sine of a number Tan The Tangent of a number Example code : Get the ArcTan of PI/2 var float : single; begin // The ArcTan of PI/2 should give 1.0 float := ArcTan(PI/2); ShowMessage('ArcTan of PI/2 = '+FloatToStr(float)); end; Show full unit code ArcTan of PI/2 = 1.00388479232788