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peternlewis Added clarity to argument order
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-The ATAN2(y,x) function returns the arctangent of its two arguments. ​ The purpose of using two arguments instead of one is to to return the appropriate quadrant of the resulting angle, which is not possible for the single argument [[ATAN]] function. ​ For arguments y,x, not both zero, this function returns the angle in radians between the x-axis and the point (x,​y). ​ Note that the arguments to ATAN2 are y,x, not the usual x,y order.+====== ATAN2Function ======
  
 +The ATAN2(y,x) function returns the arctangent of its two arguments. ​ The purpose of using two arguments instead of one is to to return the appropriate quadrant of the resulting angle, which is not possible for the single argument [[ATAN]] function. ​ For arguments y,x, not both zero, this function returns the angle in radians between the x-axis and the point (x,​y). ​ Note that the arguments to ATAN2 are y,x, not the usual x,y order. ​ Also note that y is in the mathematical direction, positive upwards, unlike screen coordinates which are usually positive downwards.
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 +===== See Also =====
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 +=== Functions ===
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 +* [[:​Functions|See all Functions]]
  
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