NAME

LinAlg::Vector - Extensive vector library based on Moose class system.

VERSION

Version 0.01

SYNOPSIS

LinAlg::Vector proveds an object-oriented interface for creating and using vectors composed of numbers. It supports most mathematical functions such as add, subtract, dot, cross, scale, unit, and projection. Additionally, convenience functions for comparing vectors, and stringifying them are also provided.

All vector methods, except for set, will not modify the underlying vector -- they all will return new vectors.

An example of performing the triple-product of three vectors:

    use LinAlg::Vector;

    my $v1 = LinAlg::Vector->new([1,2,3]);
    my $v2 = LinAlg::Vector->new([4,5,6]);
    my $v3 = LinAlg::Vector->new([7,8,9]);
    my $s1 = $v1->dot($v2->cross($v3));

CONSTRUCTOR

The constructor takes in either a hash or an Array reference. The only valid key-val pair in the hash is data=[]>. Examples of using the constructor are:

  LinAlg::Vector->new(data=>[1,2,3]);
  LinAlg::Vector->new([1,2,3]);

METHODS

raw

returns a copy of the underlying data array. If you manipulate the returned copy, it will not affect the original vector data.

toString

returns a stringified version of the vector

len

returns the length of the vector

eq VEC2,[PRECISION]

returns 1 if this vector is equivalent to VEC2 (same length and element values are all the same). Optinally, you can pass in PRECISION, which can fine-tune what power-of-10 you round elements to when comparing. Examples are:

  my $v1 = LinAlg::Vector->new([1,2]);
  my $v2 = LinAlg::Vector->new([1.001,1.999]);
  $v1->eq($v2);       #returns 0
  $v1->eq($v2, -2);   #rounds each element to nearest 10**-2. returns 1

get IDX

returns the element at index IDX. Zero-indexed.

set IDX,VAL

sets the element VAL at index IDX. Zero-indexed. retuns the value just set.

copy

returns copy of LinAlg::Vector, with a copy of the underlying data as well.

add VEC2

adds VEC2 to this vector and returns a new vector.

subt VEC2

subtracts VEC2 from this vector and returns a new vector.

dot VEC2

performs a dot-product with this vector and VEC2 and returns the scalar.

x

returns get(0)

y

returns get(1)

z

returns get(2)

cross VEC2

performs cross-product with VEC2 and returns result vector. The operation is 'this' x VEC2. If 'this' and VEC2 are not of length 3, an error is thrown.

scale NUM

scales this vector by NUM and returns new vector.

mag

returns the magnitude of this vector: sqrt(this->dot(this))

unit

returns the unit vector for this vector: this->scale(1/this->mag)

proj VEC2

returns the projected vector of this vector onto VEC2.

rotate

Not Yet Implemented

SEE ALSO

  LinAlg::Matrix

AUTHOR

Samuel Steffl, sam@ssteffl.com

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=LinAlg-Vector. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

  perldoc LinAlg::Matrix

LICENSE AND COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2017 Samuel Steffl.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.

cpanm LinAlg::Vector

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install LinAlg::Vector