cyclicDistance - absolute distance between two values on a cyclic scale (e.g. angles) [1035274]

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// cycleLength e.g. 360
static double cyclicDistance(double a, double b, double cycleLength) {
  a = mod(a, cycleLength); // a is now between 0 and 360
  b = mod(b, cycleLength); // b is now between 0 and 360
  
  // if e.g. a is 40 and b is 50, then distance is 10
  // if e.g. a is 10 and b is 350, then distance is 20
  // if e.g. b is 10 and a is 350, then distance is 20
  double diff = absDiff(a, b);
  if (a < b)
    diff = min(diff, a+cycleLength-b);
  else
    diff = min(diff, b+cycleLength-a);
  ret diff;
}

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#1035274

Snippet name:

cyclicDistance - absolute distance between two values on a cyclic scale (e.g. angles)

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#1035274/2

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Author:

stefan

Category:

javax / maths

Type:

JavaX fragment (include)

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Created/modified:

2022-04-28 20:44:35

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1	// cycleLength e.g. 360
2	static double cyclicDistance(double a, double b, double cycleLength) {
3	a = mod(a, cycleLength); // a is now between 0 and 360
4	b = mod(b, cycleLength); // b is now between 0 and 360
5
6	// if e.g. a is 40 and b is 50, then distance is 10
7	// if e.g. a is 10 and b is 350, then distance is 20
8	// if e.g. b is 10 and a is 350, then distance is 20
9	double diff = absDiff(a, b);
10	if (a < b)
11	diff = min(diff, a+cycleLength-b);
12	else
13	diff = min(diff, b+cycleLength-a);
14	ret diff;
15	}