-- Perl 5.8.6 documentation --
atan2
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  • atan2 Y,X

    • Returns the arctangent of Y/X in the range -PI to PI.

    For the tangent operation, you may use the Math::Trig::tan function, or use the familiar relation:

        sub tan { sin($_[0]) / cos($_[0])  }