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+%% Copyright (c) 2011, INRA
+%% 2004-2011, 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{point} = } pointOnLine (@var{line}, @var{d})
+%% Create a point on a line at a given position on the line.
+%%
+%% Creates the point belonging to the line @var{line}, and located at the
+%% distance @var{d} from the line origin.
+%% @var{line} has the form [x0 y0 dx dy].
+%% @var{line} and @var{d} should have the same number N of rows. The result will have
+%% N rows and 2 column (x and y positions).
+%%
+%% @seealso{lines2d, points2d, onLine, onLine, linePosition}
+%% @end deftypefn
+
+function point = pointOnLine(lin, pos)
+
+ ang = lineAngle(lin);
+ point = [lin(:,1) + pos .* cos(ang), lin(:,2) + pos .* sin(ang)];
+
+endfunction
+