Cartesian to polar coordinate conversion.

Cartesian to polar coordinate conversion.

cartesian2polar(x, y = NULL)

Arguments

x

x coordinate (or a vector of length 2 holding \(x, y\))
y

y coordinate

Value

A list of the \(r\) and \(phi\) polar coordinates.

See also

cartesian2spherical, polar2cartesian

Examples

cartesian2polar(0, 0)
#> $r
#> [1] 0
#> 
#> $phi
#> [1] 0
#> 
cartesian2polar(1, 2)
#> $r
#> [1] 2.236068
#> 
#> $phi
#> [1] 1.107149
#> 
cartesian2polar(c(1, 2))
#> $r
#> [1] 2.236068
#> 
#> $phi
#> [1] 1.107149
#>