cart2pol - Transform Cartesian coordinates to polar or cylindrical
Syntax
[THETA,RHO,Z] = cart2pol(X,Y,Z)
[THETA,RHO] = cart2pol(X,Y)
Description
[THETA,RHO,Z] = cart2pol(X,Y,Z) transforms
three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates stored in corresponding elements of
arrays X, Y, and Z,
into cylindrical coordinates. THETA is a counterclockwise
angular displacement in radians from the positive x-axis, RHO is
the distance from the origin to a point in the x-y plane,
and Z is the height above the x-y plane.
Arrays X, Y, and Z must
be the same size (or any can be scalar).
[THETA,RHO] = cart2pol(X,Y) transforms
two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates stored in corresponding elements of
arrays X and Y into polar coordinates.
Algorithm
The mapping from two-dimensional Cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates,
and from three-dimensional Cartesian coordinates to cylindrical coordinates
is
See Also
cart2sph, pol2cart, sph2cart
 | cartToBary (TriRep) | | cart2sph |  |
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