OpenEuphoria

Re: tangents...

• Posted by "Carl R. White" <crwhite at COMP.BRADX.XAC.UK> Sep 25, 1997
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On Thu, 25 Sep 1997, Mike Fowler wrote:

> Hi once again...
> does anyone know how to find the angle of a triangle in Euphoria?
>
> i know how to do it on the calculator:
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> tan z = 9/5 .. z = tan-1(1.8) .. z = 60.9 degrees...
>
> BUT euphoria dosen't have tan-1, only tan, which answers 0.03142...
>
> any healp appreciated!
>
> Thanks :)
>
> Mike Fowler - mike.fowler at nelsun.gen.nz
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Euphoria 1.5 has "arctan" to do what you're looking for.
Look out for one of the math libraries that are floating around too.
My mathbag.e is (I think) available via Irv's ftp site.

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