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deg2rad

Convert angle (or distance) units from degrees to radians

Syntax

• anglout = deg2rad(anglin)
  

Description

anglout = deg2rad(anglin) converts angles input in degrees to the equivalent measure in radians.

Remarks

This is both an angle conversion function and a distance conversion function, since arc length can be a measure of distance in either radians or degrees, provided that the radius is known.

Example

Show that there are 2 radians in a full circle:

• 2*pi - deg2rad(360)
  ans =
       0
  

See Also

angledim	Convert angle units
deg2dms dms2rad	Other direct angle conversion functions
distdim	Convert distance units
nm2km sm2deg	Other direct distance conversion functions
rad2deg	Convert from radians to degrees

deg2km, deg2nm, deg2sm

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