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atan

Description

atan(x) computes the arctangent of x.

Standard

FORTRAN 77 and later, alias for atan2 in Fortran 2008 and later

Class

Elemental function

Syntax

result = atan(x)

Arguments

• x - The type shall be real.

Return value

The return value is of type real and it lies in the range $-\pi /2\le atan(x)\le \pi /2$.

Example

program test_atan
  real(8) :: x = 2.866_8
  x = atan(x)
end program test_atan

See also

atan2, tan