Modified Files:

[simgear.git] / simgear / math / SGMisc.hxx

diff --git a/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx b/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx
index a6604cef5cd18e62452c8b8f4a40e4e6513fb544..a154d632b38c7baff1d9b31ab3bddb982a5ae388 100644 (file)
--- a/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx
+++ b/simgear/math/SGMisc.hxx
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ template<typename T>
 class SGMisc {
 public:
   static T pi() { return T(3.1415926535897932384626433832795029L); }
+  static T twopi() { return 2*T(3.1415926535897932384626433832795029L); }
+
   static T min(const T& a, const T& b)
   { return a < b ? a : b; }
   static T min(const T& a, const T& b, const T& c)
@@ -34,6 +36,11 @@ public:
   { return max(max(a, b), c); }
   static T max(const T& a, const T& b, const T& c, const T& d)
   { return max(max(max(a, b), c), d); }
+
+  // clip the value of a to be in the range between and including _min and _max
+  static T clip(const T& a, const T& _min, const T& _max)
+  { return max(_min, min(_max, a)); }
+
   static int sign(const T& a)
   {
     if (a < -SGLimits<T>::min())
@@ -49,6 +56,32 @@ public:
   static T deg2rad(const T& val)
   { return val*pi()/180; }
 
+  // normalize the value to be in a range between [min, max[
+  static T
+  normalizePeriodic(const T& min, const T& max, const T& value)
+  {
+    T range = max - min;
+    if (range < SGLimits<T>::min())
+      return min;
+    T normalized = value - range*floor((value - min)/range);
+    // two security checks that can only happen due to roundoff
+    if (value <= min)
+      return min;
+    if (max <= normalized)
+      return min;
+    return normalized;
+  }
+
+  // normalize the angle to be in a range between [-pi, pi[
+  static T
+  normalizeAngle(const T& angle)
+  { return normalizePeriodic(-pi(), pi(), angle); }
+
+  // normalize the angle to be in a range between [0, 2pi[
+  static T
+  normalizeAngle2(const T& angle)
+  { return normalizePeriodic(0, twopi(), angle); }
+
   static T round(const T& v)
   { return floor(v + T(0.5)); }
   static int roundToInt(const T& v)