;------------------------------------------------------------- ;+ ; NAME: ; POLREC ; PURPOSE: ; Convert 2-d polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates. ; CATEGORY: ; CALLING SEQUENCE: ; polrec, r, a, x, y ; INPUTS: ; r, a = vector in polar form: radius, angle (radians). in ; KEYWORD PARAMETERS: ; Keywords: ; /DEGREES means angle is in degrees, else radians. ; OUTPUTS: ; x, y = vector in rectangular form. out ; COMMON BLOCKS: ; NOTES: ; MODIFICATION HISTORY: ; R. Sterner. 18 Aug, 1986. ; Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. ; RES 13 Feb, 1991 --- added /degrees. ; ; Copyright (C) 1986, Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory ; This software may be used, copied, or redistributed as long as it is not ; sold and this copyright notice is reproduced on each copy made. This ; routine is provided as is without any express or implied warranties ; whatsoever. Other limitations apply as described in the file disclaimer.txt. ;- ;------------------------------------------------------------- PRO POLREC, R, A, X, Y, help=hlp, degrees=degrees IF (N_PARAMS(0) LT 4) or keyword_set(hlp) THEN BEGIN PRINT,' Convert 2-d polar coordinates to rectangular coordinates. PRINT,' polrec, r, a, x, y PRINT,' r, a = vector in polar form: radius, angle (radians). in' PRINT,' x, y = vector in rectangular form. out' print,' Keywords:' print,' /DEGREES means angle is in degrees, else radians.' RETURN ENDIF cf = 1. if keyword_set(degrees) then cf = !radeg X = R*COS(A/cf) Y = R*SIN(A/cf) RETURN END