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+%% 2003-2011, 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{b} = } isPointOnLine (@var{point}, @var{line})
+%% Test if a point belongs to a line
+%%
+%% B = isPointOnLine(POINT, LINE)
+%% with POINT being [xp yp], and LINE being [x0 y0 dx dy].
+%% Returns 1 if point lies on the line, 0 otherwise.
+%%
+%% If POINT is an N*2 array of points, B is a N*1 array of booleans.
+%%
+%% If LINE is a N*4 array of line, B is a 1*N array of booleans.
+%%
+%% @seealso {lines2d, points2d, isPointOnEdge, isPointOnRay, angle3Points}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function b = isPointOnLine(point, line, varargin)
+
+ % extract computation tolerance
+ tol = 1e-14;
+ if ~isempty(varargin)
+ tol = varargin{1};
+ end
+
+ % number of lines and of points
+ Nl = size(line, 1);
+ Np = size(point, 1);
+
+ % adapt the size of inputs
+ x0 = repmat(line(:,1)', Np, 1);
+ y0 = repmat(line(:,2)', Np, 1);
+ dx = repmat(line(:,3)', Np, 1);
+ dy = repmat(line(:,4)', Np, 1);
+ xp = repmat(point(:,1), 1, Nl);
+ yp = repmat(point(:,2), 1, Nl);
+
+ % test if lines are colinear
+ b = abs((xp-x0).*dy-(yp-y0).*dx)./hypot(dx, dy) < tol;
+
+endfunction