al_fixatan(3)

al_fixatan3

Allegro 5 api

Usage

#include <allegro5/allegro.h>
al_fixed al_fixatan(al_fixed x)

Overview

This function finds the inverse tangent of a value using a lookup table. The input must be a fixed point value. The inverse tangent is the value whose tangent is x.

Example:

al_fixed result;
/* Sets result to binary angle 13. */
result = al_fixatan(al_ftofix(0.326));

Return value

Returns the inverse tangent of a fixed point value, measured as a fixed point binary format angle.

From allegro 5.2.11.3-2 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.