atan()

Applies to: ✅ Microsoft Fabric ✅ Azure Data Explorer ✅ Azure Monitor ✅ Microsoft Sentinel

Returns the angle whose tangent is the specified number. This is the inverse operation of tan().

Syntax

atan(x)

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Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
x	real	✔️	The number used to calculate the arc tangent.

Returns

The value of the arc tangent of x.

Example

Run the query

atan(0.5)

Output

result
0.46364760900080609