atan2 function

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Returns the angle in radians between the positive x-axis of a plane and the point specified by the coordinates (exprX, exprY).

Syntax

atan2(exprY, exprX)

Arguments

  • exprY: An expression that evaluates to a numeric.
  • exprX: An expression that evaluates to a numeric.

Returns

A DOUBLE.

Examples

> SELECT atan2(0, 0);
 0.0