Syntax

Atn(number)

Description

Returns the angle (in radians) whose tangent is number.

Comments

Some helpful conversions:

Pi (3.1415926536) radians = 180 degrees.

radian = 57.2957795131 degrees.

degree = .0174532925 radians.

Example

This example finds the angle whose tangent is 1 (45 degrees) and displays
the result.

Sub Main()

  a# = Atn(1.00)
  MsgBox "1.00 is the tangent of " & a# & " radians (45 degrees)."
End Sub

See Also

Tan (function); Sin (function); Cos (function).

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