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+%% 2005-2011, David Legland <david.legland@grignon.inra.fr>
+%% 2011 Adapted to Octave by Juan Pablo Carbajal <carbajal@ifi.uzh.ch>
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+%% -*- texinfo -*-
+%% @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{circle} = } createDirectedCircle (@var{p1}, @var{p2}, @var{p3})
+%% @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{circle} = } createDirectedCircle (@var{p1}, @var{p2})
+%% Create a circle from 2 or 3 points.
+%%
+%% Creates the circle passing through the 3 given points.
+%% C is a 1x4 array of the form: [XC YX R INV].
+%%
+%% When two points are given, creates the circle whith center @var{p1} and passing
+%% throuh the point @var{p2}.
+%%
+%% Works also when input are point arrays the same size, in this case the
+%% result has as many lines as the point arrays.
+%%
+%% Example
+%%
+%%
+%% @seealso{circles2d, createCircle}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function circle = createDirectedCircle(varargin)
+
+ if nargin == 2
+ % inputs are the center and a point on the circle
+ p1 = varargin{1};
+ p2 = varargin{2};
+ x0 = (p1(:,1) + p2(:,1))/2;
+ y0 = (p1(:,2) + p2(:,2))/2;
+ r = hypot((p2(:,1)-p1(:,1)), (p2(:,2)-p1(:,2)))/2;
+
+ % circle is direct by default
+ d = 0;
+
+ elseif nargin == 3
+ % inputs are three points on the circle
+ p1 = varargin{1};
+ p2 = varargin{2};
+ p3 = varargin{3};
+
+ % compute circle center
+ line1 = medianLine(p1, p2);
+ line2 = medianLine(p1, p3);
+ center = intersectLines(line1, line2);
+ x0 = center(:, 1);
+ y0 = center(:, 2);
+
+ % circle radius
+ r = hypot((p1(:,1)-x0), (p1(:,2)-y0));
+
+ % compute circle orientation
+ angle = angle3Points(p1, center, p2) + angle3Points(p2, center, p3);
+ d = angle>2*pi;
+ end
+
+
+ circle = [x0 y0 r d];
+
+endfunction
+