pol2cart

Transforms polar or cylindrical coordinates to Cartesian.

Syntax

• [x, y] = pol2cart(theta, rho)
• [x, y, z] = pol2cart(theta, rho, z)

Input argument

• theta - a numeric value: Angular coordinate.
• rho - a numeric value: Radial coordinate.
• z - a numeric value: Elevation coordinate.

Output argument

• x - a numeric value (double or single real): Cartesian coordinates
• y - a numeric value (double or single real): Cartesian coordinates
• z - a numeric value (double or single real): Cartesian coordinates

Description

pol2cart transforms polar or cylindrical coordinates to Cartesian.

Example

theta = [0 pi/4 pi/2 pi];
rho = [5 5 10 10];
[x, y] = pol2cart(theta, rho)

See also

cart2pol.

History

Author

Allan CORNET