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fromDegrees

Convert angles from degrees

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    Syntax

    [A1,...,An] = fromDegrees(toUnits,D1,...,Dn)

    Description

    [A1,...,An] = fromDegrees(toUnits,D1,...,Dn) converts the angles specified by D1,...,Dn from degrees to the units specified by toUnits. This function is useful for converting angles from degrees when you do not know the output units until run-time.

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    Examples

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    Convert several values from degrees to radians.

    [A1,A2,A3,A4] = fromDegrees("radians",45,90,135,180)
    A1 = 
0.7854

    A2 = 
1.5708

    A3 = 
2.3562

    A4 = 
3.1416

    Convert the same values from degrees by specifying an array.

    D = [45 90 135 180];
A = fromDegrees("radians",D)
    A = 1×4

    0.7854    1.5708    2.3562    3.1416

    Input Arguments

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    Output unit, specified as "degrees" or "radians". You can also specify abbreviations such as "deg" and "rad".

    Data Types: char | string

    Angles in degrees, specified as one or more numeric arrays.

    Output Arguments

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    Angles in degrees or radians, returned as the same number of numeric arrays as in D1,...,Dn. The size of each output array matches the size of the corresponding input array.

    Version History

    Introduced in R2007b

    See Also

    Functions