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atan ​

The atan function returns the angle whose tangent is the specified number (the inverse operation of tan).

Syntax ​

atan( X )

Arguments ​

  • X: A real number.

Returns ​

The value of the arc tangent of X.

Examples ​

This example returns 1.5485777614681775:

print num = 45
| extend newField = atan( num )