cart2pol

Transforms Cartesian coordinates to polar or cylindrical.

📝 Syntax

• [theta, rho] = cart2pol(x, y)

• [theta, rho, z] = cart2pol(x, y, z)

📥 Input argument

• x - a numeric value (double or single real): Cartesian coordinates

• y - a numeric value (double or single real): Cartesian coordinates

• z - a numeric value (double or single real): Cartesian coordinates

📤 Output argument

• theta - a numeric value: Angular coordinate.

• rho - a numeric value: Radial coordinate.

• z - a numeric value: Elevation coordinate.

📄 Description

cart2pol transforms Cartesian coordinates to polar or cylindrical.

💡 Examples

x = [5 3.5355 0 -10];
y = [0 3.5355 10 0];
[theta, rho] = cart2pol(x, y)

x = [1 2.1213 0 -5];
y = [0 2.1213 4 0];
z = [7 8 9 10];
[theta, rho, el] = cart2pol(x, y, z)

🔗 See also

pol2cart.

🕔 History

Version	📄 Description
1.0.0	initial version