java.lang.Math atan()
Description
- If the argument is NaN or its absolute value is greater than 1, then the result is NaN.
- If the argument is zero, then the result is a zero with the same sign as the argument.
The arc tangent of value is basically just the inverse tangent of a value. To further illustrate this below is the equation.
atan(a) = tan-1a
Most of the methods of the Math class is static and the atan() method is no exception. Thus don’t forget that in order to call this method, you don’t have to create a new object. Use the method in the format Math.atan(a).
Method Syntax
public static double atan(double a)
Method Argument
| Data Type | Parameter | Description |
|---|---|---|
| double | a | the value whose arc tangent is to be returned. |
Method Returns
The atan() method returns the arc tangent of the double argument.
Compatibility
Requires Java 1.0 and up
Java Math atan() Example
Below is a java code demonstrates the use of atan() method of Math class. The example presented might be simple however it shows the behavior of the atan() method.
package com.javatutorialhq.java.examples;
import java.util.Scanner;
/*
* This example source code demonstrates the use of
* atan() method of Math class
*/
public class MathAtanExample {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Ask for user input
System.out.print("Enter a value:");
// use scanner to read the console input
Scanner scan = new Scanner(System.in);
// Assign the user to String variable
String s = scan.nextLine();
// close the scanner object
scan.close();
// get the arc tangent value of the user input
double atanValue = Math.atan(Double.parseDouble(s));
System.out.println("arc tangent of " + s + " is " + atanValue);
}
}
The above java example source code demonstrates the use of atan() method of Math class. We simply ask for user input and we use the Scanner class to parse it. Since we have used the nextLine() method to get the console value, and the return data type is String thus we have used the Double.parseDouble() to transform it into double. We have to convert it first to double because the atan() method accepts double method argument.
Sample Output
Below is the sample output when you run the above example.
