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-rw-r--r--builtin/common/tests/vector_spec.lua19
-rw-r--r--builtin/common/vector.lua16
-rw-r--r--doc/lua_api.txt10
3 files changed, 45 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/builtin/common/tests/vector_spec.lua b/builtin/common/tests/vector_spec.lua
index 0f287363a..104c656e9 100644
--- a/builtin/common/tests/vector_spec.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/tests/vector_spec.lua
@@ -48,6 +48,25 @@ describe("vector", function()
assert.same({ x = 41, y = 52, z = 63 }, vector.offset(vector.new(1, 2, 3), 40, 50, 60))
end)
+ it("to_string()", function()
+ local v = vector.new(1, 2, 3.14)
+ assert.same("(1, 2, 3.14)", vector.to_string(v))
+ end)
+
+ it("from_string()", function()
+ local v = vector.new(1, 2, 3.14)
+ assert.same({v, 13}, {vector.from_string("(1, 2, 3.14)")})
+ assert.same({v, 12}, {vector.from_string("(1,2 ,3.14)")})
+ assert.same({v, 12}, {vector.from_string("(1,2,3.14,)")})
+ assert.same({v, 11}, {vector.from_string("(1 2 3.14)")})
+ assert.same({v, 15}, {vector.from_string("( 1, 2, 3.14 )")})
+ assert.same({v, 15}, {vector.from_string(" ( 1, 2, 3.14) ")})
+ assert.same({vector.new(), 8}, {vector.from_string("(0,0,0) ( 1, 2, 3.14) ")})
+ assert.same({v, 22}, {vector.from_string("(0,0,0) ( 1, 2, 3.14) ", 8)})
+ assert.same({v, 22}, {vector.from_string("(0,0,0) ( 1, 2, 3.14) ", 9)})
+ assert.same(nil, vector.from_string("nothing"))
+ end)
+
-- This function is needed because of floating point imprecision.
local function almost_equal(a, b)
if type(a) == "number" then
diff --git a/builtin/common/vector.lua b/builtin/common/vector.lua
index b04c12610..2ef8fc617 100644
--- a/builtin/common/vector.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/vector.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ function vector.new(a, b, c)
return {x=0, y=0, z=0}
end
+function vector.from_string(s, init)
+ local x, y, z, np = string.match(s, "^%s*%(%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]" ..
+ "%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]?%s*%)()", init)
+ x = tonumber(x)
+ y = tonumber(y)
+ z = tonumber(z)
+ if not (x and y and z) then
+ return nil
+ end
+ return {x = x, y = y, z = z}, np
+end
+
+function vector.to_string(v)
+ return string.format("(%g, %g, %g)", v.x, v.y, v.z)
+end
+
function vector.equals(a, b)
return a.x == b.x and
a.y == b.y and
diff --git a/doc/lua_api.txt b/doc/lua_api.txt
index 3630221e3..6c1e46c7e 100644
--- a/doc/lua_api.txt
+++ b/doc/lua_api.txt
@@ -3149,6 +3149,16 @@ For the following functions, `v`, `v1`, `v2` are vectors,
* Returns a vector.
* A copy of `a` if `a` is a vector.
* `{x = a, y = b, z = c}`, if all of `a`, `b`, `c` are defined numbers.
+* `vector.from_string(s[, init])`:
+ * Returns `v, np`, where `v` is a vector read from the given string `s` and
+ `np` is the next position in the string after the vector.
+ * Returns `nil` on failure.
+ * `s`: Has to begin with a substring of the form `"(x, y, z)"`. Additional
+ spaces, leaving away commas and adding an additional comma to the end
+ is allowed.
+ * `init`: If given starts looking for the vector at this string index.
+* `vector.to_string(v)`:
+ * Returns a string of the form `"(x, y, z)"`.
* `vector.direction(p1, p2)`:
* Returns a vector of length 1 with direction `p1` to `p2`.
* If `p1` and `p2` are identical, returns `{x = 0, y = 0, z = 0}`.