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Trigonometric functions

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cart2pol

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Transforms Cartesian coordinates to polar or cylindrical.

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Syntax

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[theta, rho] = cart2pol(x, y)

[theta, rho, z] = cart2pol(x, y, z)

Input argument

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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

Output argument

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theta

a numeric value: Angular coordinate.

rho

a numeric value: Radial coordinate.

z

a numeric value: Elevation coordinate.

Description

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cart2pol transforms Cartesian coordinates to polar or cylindrical.

Examples

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x = [5 3.5355 0 -10];
y = [0 3.5355 10 0];
[theta, rho] = cart2pol(x, y)

x = [1 2.1213 0 -5];
y = [0 2.1213 4 0];
z = [7 8 9 10];
[theta, rho, el] = cart2pol(x, y, z)

See also

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pol2cart.

History

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Version	Description
1.0.0	initial version

Author

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Allan CORNET