Python conversion between coordinates

Solution 1:

Using numpy, you can define the following:

import numpy as np

def cart2pol(x, y):
    rho = np.sqrt(x**2 + y**2)
    phi = np.arctan2(y, x)
    return(rho, phi)

def pol2cart(rho, phi):
    x = rho * np.cos(phi)
    y = rho * np.sin(phi)
    return(x, y)

Solution 2:

The existing answers can be simplified:

from numpy import exp, abs, angle

def polar2z(r,theta):
    return r * exp( 1j * theta )

def z2polar(z):
    return ( abs(z), angle(z) )

Or even:

polar2z = lambda r,θ: r * exp( 1j * θ )
z2polar = lambda z: ( abs(z), angle(z) )

Note these also work on arrays!

rS, thetaS = z2polar( [z1,z2,z3] )
zS = polar2z( rS, thetaS )

Solution 3:

You can use the cmath module.

If the number is converted to a complex format, then it becomes easier to just call the polar method on the number.

import cmath
input_num = complex(1, 2) # stored as 1+2j
r, phi = cmath.polar(input_num)

Solution 4:

If you can't find it in numpy or scipy, here are a couple of quick functions and a point class:

import math

def rect(r, theta):
    """theta in degrees

    returns tuple; (float, float); (x,y)
    """
    x = r * math.cos(math.radians(theta))
    y = r * math.sin(math.radians(theta))
    return x,y

def polar(x, y):
    """returns r, theta(degrees)
    """
    r = (x ** 2 + y ** 2) ** .5
    theta = math.degrees(math.atan2(y,x))
    return r, theta

class Point(object):
    def __init__(self, x=None, y=None, r=None, theta=None):
        """x and y or r and theta(degrees)
        """
        if x and y:
            self.c_polar(x, y)
        elif r and theta:
            self.c_rect(r, theta)
        else:
            raise ValueError('Must specify x and y or r and theta')
    def c_polar(self, x, y, f = polar):
        self._x = x
        self._y = y
        self._r, self._theta = f(self._x, self._y)
        self._theta_radians = math.radians(self._theta)
    def c_rect(self, r, theta, f = rect):
        """theta in degrees
        """
        self._r = r
        self._theta = theta
        self._theta_radians = math.radians(theta)
        self._x, self._y = f(self._r, self._theta)
    def setx(self, x):
        self.c_polar(x, self._y)
    def getx(self):
        return self._x
    x = property(fget = getx, fset = setx)
    def sety(self, y):
        self.c_polar(self._x, y)
    def gety(self):
        return self._y
    y = property(fget = gety, fset = sety)
    def setxy(self, x, y):
        self.c_polar(x, y)
    def getxy(self):
        return self._x, self._y
    xy = property(fget = getxy, fset = setxy)
    def setr(self, r):
        self.c_rect(r, self._theta)
    def getr(self):
        return self._r
    r = property(fget = getr, fset = setr)
    def settheta(self, theta):
        """theta in degrees
        """
        self.c_rect(self._r, theta)
    def gettheta(self):
        return self._theta
    theta = property(fget = gettheta, fset = settheta)
    def set_r_theta(self, r, theta):
        """theta in degrees
        """
        self.c_rect(r, theta)
    def get_r_theta(self):
        return self._r, self._theta
    r_theta = property(fget = get_r_theta, fset = set_r_theta)
    def __str__(self):
        return '({},{})'.format(self._x, self._y)