Vector Arctangent

Technical Analysis Indicator: atan

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Function Prototype

/* Vector Arctangent */
/* Type: simple */
/* Input arrays: 1    Options: 0    Output arrays: 1 */
/* Inputs: real */
/* Options: none */
/* Outputs: atan */
int ti_atan_start(TI_REAL const *options);
int ti_atan(int size,
      TI_REAL const *const *inputs,
      TI_REAL const *options,
      TI_REAL *const *outputs);

Description

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Vector Arctangent calculates the Trigonometric arctangent of each element in the input array.

$$atan_{t} = \arctan{input_{t}}$$

This is sometimes useful as a building block to more complex functions.

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Example Usage

Calling From C

/* Example usage of Vector Arctangent */
/* Assuming that 'input' is a pre-loaded array of size 'in_size'. */
TI_REAL *inputs[] = {input};
TI_REAL options[] = {}; /* No options */
TI_REAL *outputs[1]; /* atan */

/* Determine how large the output size is for our options. */
const int out_size = in_size - ti_atan_start(options);

/* Allocate memory for output. */
outputs[0] = malloc(sizeof(TI_REAL) * out_size); assert(outputs[0] != 0); /* atan */

/* Run the actual calculation. */
const int ret = ti_atan(in_size, inputs, options, outputs);
assert(ret == TI_OKAY);

Calling From Lua (with Tulip Chart bindings)

-- Example usage of Vector Arctangent
atan = ti.atan(input)

Example Calculation

dateinputatan
2005-11-010.200.20
2005-11-020.300.29
2005-11-030.400.38
2005-11-040.300.29
2005-11-070.500.46
2005-11-080.700.61
2005-11-090.750.64
2005-11-100.900.73
2005-11-110.900.73
2005-11-141.000.79
2005-11-151.000.79
2005-11-160.200.20
2005-11-170.100.10
2005-11-18-0.10-0.10
2005-11-21-0.50-0.46

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