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poltocar

Polar to Cartesian coordinate conversion

Description

poltocar takes a polar-coordinate pair consisting of distance and angle values and converts them into a cartesian-coordinate pair consisting of real and imaginary values.

Arguments

None.

Messages

bang Causes poltocar to output the very last conversion it has calculated.
int polar-coordinate [int]
Converted to float.
float polar-coordinate [float]
In left inlet: The distance portion of a polar coordinate pair to be converted into a Cartesian coordinate pair consisting of real and imaginary values. When used in an audio context, the value represents magnitude (amplitude) portion of a polar coordinate pair to be converted into a cartesian (real/imaginary) coordinate pair.

In right inlet: The angle portion of a polar coordinate pair to be converted into a Cartesian coordinate pair consisting of real and imaginary values. When used in an audio context, the value represents the phase portion of a polar coordinate pair to be converted into a cartesian (real/imaginary) coordinate pair.

Information for box attributes common to all objects

Output

float: Out left outlet: The real portion of a Cartesian coordinate pair.

Out right outlet: The imaginary portion of a Cartesian coordinate pair.

Examples

Convert Polar to Cartesian coordinates

See Also

Name Description
cos Cosine function
cartopol Cartesian to Polar coordinate conversion
lcd Draw graphics in a patcher window
sin Sine function