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// VECTORS.CPP
// Definitions of Member Functions for Vector Class
// Copyright (C) 1991 Ziff Davis Communications
// PC Magazine * Ray Duncan
#include <math.h>
#include <iostream.h>
#include "vectors.h"
// display magnitude and direction (in degrees) of vector
void VECTOR::display(void)
{
cout << "magnitude=" << magnitude << " " ;
cout << "direction=" << rad2deg(direction) << " " ;
}
// initialize magnitude and direction of vector
void VECTOR::set(double magMsg, double dirMsg)
{
direction = deg2rad(dirMsg); // initialize direction
magnitude = magMsg; // initialize magnitude
}
// add another vector's magnitude and direction to this vector
void VECTOR::add(double magMsg, double dirMsg)
{
double angle; // scratch storage
dirMsg = deg2rad(dirMsg); // convert argument to radians
angle = dirMsg - direction; // find angle between vectors
if (angle == pi) // special handling to avoid
{ // overflow for angle=180
direction = magnitude > magMsg ? direction : dirMsg;
magnitude = fabs(magnitude - magMsg);
return;
}
if ((magnitude == 0) && (magMsg == 0)) // special handling to avoid
{ // divide by zero exception
magnitude = 0; // if both vectors have
direction = 0; // zero magnitude
return;
}
// calculate resultant vector
magnitude = sqrt((magnitude * magnitude) + (magMsg * magMsg) +
(2 * magnitude * magMsg * cos(angle)));
direction = direction + asin(((magMsg * sin(angle))/magnitude));
return;
}
// private member function to convert degress to radians
double VECTOR::deg2rad(double degrees)
{
return ((degrees * 2 * pi)/360);
}
// private member function to convert radians to degrees
double VECTOR::rad2deg(double radians)
{
return ((radians * 360)/(2 * pi));
}