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NAME
arg - argument (the angle or phase) of a complex number
SYNOPSIS
arg(x [,eps])
TYPES
x number
eps nonzero real, defaults to epsilon()
return real
DESCRIPTION
Returns the argument of x to the nearest or next to nearest multiple of
eps; the error will be less in absolute value than 0.75 * abs(eps),
but usually less than 0.5 * abs(eps).
EXAMPLE
; print arg(2), arg(2+3i, 1e-5), arg(2+3i, 1e-10), arg(2+3i, 1e-20)
0 0.98279 0.9827937232 0.98279372324732906799
; pi = pi(1e-10); deg = pi/180; eps = deg/10000
; print arg(2+3i, eps)/deg, arg(-1 +1i, eps)/deg, arg(-1 - 1i,eps)/deg
56.3099 135 -135
LIMITS
none
LINK LIBRARY
none
SEE ALSO
conj, im, polar, re
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