Calculating TAN^-1

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In excel, how would one calculate the inverse of TAN (ie. TAN^-1)?

Thank you.
 
Jerry W. Lewis wrote...
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ATAN2 is more flexible. For finite tangents,

=ATAN2(TanVal,1)

For infinite tangents (from angles of odd integer multiples of PI/2),

=ATAN2(0,1) or =ATAN2(0,-1
 
I never noticed that it existed; thanks.

Jerry
Jerry W. Lewis wrote...

..

ATAN2 is more flexible. For finite tangents,

=ATAN2(TanVal,1)

For infinite tangents (from angles of odd integer multiples of PI/2),

=ATAN2(0,1) or =ATAN2(0,-1)
 

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