README.md (2193B)
1 <!-- 2 3 @license Apache-2.0 4 5 Copyright (c) 2018 The Stdlib Authors. 6 7 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); 8 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 9 You may obtain a copy of the License at 10 11 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 12 13 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software 14 distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, 15 WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. 16 See the License for the specific language governing permissions and 17 limitations under the License. 18 19 --> 20 21 # phase 22 23 > Compute the [argument][complex-number-argument] of a complex number in radians. 24 25 <section class="intro"> 26 27 The [argument][complex-number-argument] of a complex number, also known as the **phase**, is the angle of the radius extending from the origin to the complex number plotted in the complex plane and the positive real axis. 28 29 </section> 30 31 <!-- /.intro --> 32 33 <section class="usage"> 34 35 ## Usage 36 37 ```javascript 38 var cphase = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/cphase' ); 39 ``` 40 41 #### cphase( re, im ) 42 43 Computes the [argument][complex-number-argument] of a `complex` number comprised of a **real** component `re` and an **imaginary** component `im`. 44 45 ```javascript 46 var phi = cphase( 5.0, 3.0 ); 47 // returns ~0.5404 48 ``` 49 50 </section> 51 52 <!-- /.usage --> 53 54 <section class="examples"> 55 56 ## Examples 57 58 <!-- eslint no-undef: "error" --> 59 60 ```javascript 61 var Complex128 = require( '@stdlib/complex/float64' ); 62 var randu = require( '@stdlib/random/base/randu' ); 63 var round = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/round' ); 64 var real = require( '@stdlib/complex/real' ); 65 var imag = require( '@stdlib/complex/imag' ); 66 var cphase = require( '@stdlib/math/base/special/cphase' ); 67 68 var re; 69 var im; 70 var z; 71 var i; 72 73 for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) { 74 re = round( randu()*100.0 ) - 50.0; 75 im = round( randu()*100.0 ) - 50.0; 76 z = new Complex128( re, im ); 77 console.log( 'arg(%s) = %d', z.toString(), cphase( real(z), imag(z) ) ); 78 } 79 ``` 80 81 </section> 82 83 <!-- /.examples --> 84 85 <section class="links"> 86 87 [complex-number-argument]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_%28complex_analysis%29 88 89 </section> 90 91 <!-- /.links -->