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Straight Lines ( line )

Definition

An instance l of the data type line is a directed straight line in the two-dimensional plane. The angle between a right oriented horizontal line and l is called the direction of l.

#include < LEDA/geo/line.h >

Types

line::coord_type the coordinate type (double).

line::point_type the point type (point).

Creation

line l(const point& p, const point& q)
    introduces a variable l of type line. l is initialized to the line passing through points p and q directed form p to q.

line l(const segment& s) introduces a variable l of type line. l is initialized to the line supporting segment s.

line l(const ray& r) introduces a variable l of type line. l is initialized to the line supporting ray r.

line l(const point& p, const vector& v)
    introduces a variable l of type line. l is initialized to the line passing through points p and p + v.

line l(const point& p, double alpha)
    introduces a variable l of type line. l is initialized to the line passing through point p with direction alpha.

line l introduces a variable l of type line. l is initialized to the line passing through the origin with direction 0.

Operations

point l.point1() returns a point on l.

point l.point2() returns a second point on l.

segment l.seg() returns a segment on l.

double l.angle(const line& g) returns the angle between l and g, i.e., g.direction() - l.direction().

double l.direction() returns the direction of l.

double l.angle() returns l.direction().

bool l.is_vertical() returns true iff l is vertical.

bool l.is_horizontal() returns true iff l is horizontal.

double l.sqr_dist(const point& q)
    returns the square of the distance between l and q.

double l.distance(const point& q)
    returns the distance between l and q.

int l.orientation(const point& p)
    returns orientation(l.point1(), l.point2(), p).

double l.slope() returns the slope of l.
Precondition l is not vertical.

double l.y_proj(double x) returns p.ycoord(), where p $\in$ l with p.xcoord() = x.
Precondition l is not vertical.

double l.x_proj(double y) returns p.xcoord(), where p $\in$ l with p.ycoord() = y.
Precondition l is not horizontal.

double l.y_abs() returns the y-abscissa of l (l.y_proj(0)).
Precondition l is not vertical.

bool l.intersection(const line& g, point& p)
    if l and g intersect in a single point this point is assigned to p and the result is true, otherwise the result is false.

bool l.intersection(const segment& s, point& inter)
    if l and s intersect in a single point this point is assigned to p and the result is true, otherwise the result is false.

bool l.intersection(const segment& s)
    returns true, if l and s intersect, false otherwise.

line l.translate_by_angle(double a, double d)
    returns l translated in direction a by distance d.

line l.translate(double dx, double dy)
    returns l translated by vector (dx, dy).

line l.translate(const vector& v)
    returns l translated by vector v.
Precondition v.dim() = 2.

line l + const vector& v returns l translated by vector v.

line l - const vector& v returns l translated by vector - v.

line l.rotate(const point& q, double a)
    returns l rotated about point q by angle a.

line l.rotate(double a) returns l.rotate( point(0, 0), a).

line l.rotate90(const point& q, int i=1)
    returns l rotated about q by an angle of i x 90 degrees. If i > 0 the rotation is counter-clockwise otherwise it is clockwise.

line l.reflect(const point& p, const point& q)
    returns l reflected across the straight line passing through p and q.

line l.reverse() returns l reversed.

segment l.perpendicular(const point& p)
    returns the segment perpendicular to l with source p. and target on l.

point l.dual() returns the point dual to l.
Precondition l is not vertical.

int l.side_of(const point& p) computes orientation(a, b, p), where a $\not=$b and a and b appear in this order on line l.

bool l.contains(const point& p)
    returns true if p lies on l.

bool l.clip(point p, point q, segment& s)
    clips l at the rectangle R defined by p and q. Returns true if the intersection of R and l is non-empty and returns false otherwise. If the intersection is non-empty the intersection is assigned to s; It is guaranteed that the source node of s is no larger than its target node.

Non-Member Functions

int orientation(const line& l, const point& p)
    computes orientation(a, b, p), where a $\not=$b and a and b appear in this order on line l.

int cmp_slopes(const line& l1, const line& l2)
    returns compare(slope(l1), slope(l2)).


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