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Oracle® Database SQL Language Reference
11g Release 2 (11.2)

Part Number E10592-02
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ATAN2

Syntax

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Description of the illustration atan2.gif

Purpose

ATAN2 returns the arc tangent of n1 and n2. The argument n1 can be in an unbounded range and returns a value in the range of -pi to pi, depending on the signs of n1 and n2, expressed in radians. ATAN2(n1,n2) is the same as ATAN(n1/n2).

This function takes as arguments any numeric data type or any nonnumeric data type that can be implicitly converted to a numeric data type. If any argument is BINARY_FLOAT or BINARY_DOUBLE, then the function returns BINARY_DOUBLE. Otherwise the function returns NUMBER.

See Also:

ATAN for information on the ATAN function and Table 3-10, "Implicit Type Conversion Matrix" for more information on implicit conversion

Examples

The following example returns the arc tangent of .3 and .2:

SELECT ATAN2(.3, .2) "Arc_Tangent2" FROM DUAL;
 
Arc_Tangent2
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