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From: Bobster@cup.portal.com (Robert Jules Shaughnessy)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Stupid Beginner Question, but I am stuck!
Message-ID: <35558@cup.portal.com>
Date: 4 Nov 90 00:28:48 GMT
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     If your into flamming the neophytes do not read any further...

  I am having troubles finding the angle from one point on a 2D plane to
another. For instance at point A, what direction would I need to go to hit
point B, in degrees.
  I do have something that works, I take the ATN of x1-x2/y1-y2 and this 
works ok, but will only show 90 degrees. I have to use a few if then statement
to find out when to add and subract 90 180 270 degrees to get it to work all
the way around point A. There simply must be a better way and I cant find it
in the geometry books!      Thanks in advance!