deg2rad

Convert angle from degrees to radians.

Syntax

• r = deg2rad(d)

Input argument

• d - a numeric value (double or single)

Output argument

• r - a numeric value

Description

d = deg2rad(r) converts angle units from degrees to radians for each element of r.

Example

D = 64.7;
R = deg2rad(D);
radEarth = 6371;
dist = radEarth * R

See also

rad2deg.

History

Author

Allan CORNET