# Cartesian2polar? **URL:** \ **Category:** Patching\ **Created:** [May 22, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/cartesian2polar/325 "2025-05-22T22:29:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ktttttt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/ktttttt/32/305_2.png) [@ktttttt](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/ktttttt)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2025, 10:29pm UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/cartesian2polar/325/1 "2025-05-22T22:29:31Z")
the cartesian2polar object converts X Y position into ‘phase’ and ‘modulus’, but which one is ‘angle’ and which one is ‘distance’? ---
**Author:** ![AndyCap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@AndyCap](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/AndyCap)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 5:16am UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/cartesian2polar/325/2 "2025-05-23T05:16:05Z")
Phase is angle, looks like modulus is distance. ---
**Author:** ![Ksoloti](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/ksoloti.discourse.group/ksoloti/32/71_2.png) [@Ksoloti](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/u/Ksoloti)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2025, 6:27am UTC](https://ksoloti.discourse.group/t/cartesian2polar/325/3 "2025-05-23T06:27:15Z")
Attaching the screenshots from Discord here for posterity: ![2025-05-23 14_11_49-_untitled](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ksoloti1/original/1X/3a43c15b4ce03bc6967d9b70c7b63b06087e0c52.png) ![2025-05-23 14_17_19-_untitled](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ksoloti1/original/1X/335a7478112acd0c89b1962b98e6759dcf238a1f.png) ![2025-05-23 14_20_16-_untitled](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/ksoloti1/original/1X/1c035d359596e395a1df690aa77d3b4f74916b8f.png) “Hope this makes sense!” (In the first screenshot, mathematically speaking the angle at 0,0 is not defined(?) but you get the idea!)