vectorbuilder

vectorbuilder is a Node.js package for building and operating on vectors.

Installation

npm install vectorbuilder

Example

import VectorBuilder from 'vectorbuilder';

const vector = new VectorBuilder([7, 9])
  // Translate by 10
  .add(10)
  // Double the length
  .multiply(2)
  // Build to an array of [x, y]
  .build();

console.assert(vector === [34, 38]);

Usage

Pass your initial vector into the new VectorBuilder() constructor as an array of two numbers, or omit to start at the default (0, 0).

Each operation returns a reference to the builder so they can be chained. Call build() to get the constructed vector as an array of two numbers.

• add(n: number) adds a length to each dimension of the vector.

  const vector = new VectorBuilder([1, 2])
    // Add 3 to each dimension
    .add(3)
    .build();
  
  console.assert(vector === [4, 5]);

• add(v: [number, number]) adds a vector.

  const vector = new VectorBuilder([1, 2])
    // Add 3 to the X length and 4 to the Y length
    .add([3, 4])
    .build();
  
  console.assert(vector === [4, 6]);

• add(v: VectorBuilder) adds a vector.

  const vector = new VectorBuilder([0, 0])
    // Add 2 to the X length and 6 to the Y length
    .add(new VectorBuilder([3, 7]).add(-1))
    .build();
  
  console.assert(vector === [2, 6]);

• multiply(n: number) multiplies each dimension of the vector by a length.

  const vector = new VectorBuilder([3, 4])
    // Multiply both lengths by 2
    .multiply(2)
    .build();
  
  console.assert(vector === [6, 8]);

• multiply(v: [number, number]) multiplies by a vector.

  const vector = new VectorBuilder([3, 4])
    // Multiply the X length by 10 and the Y length by 20
    .multiply([10, 20])
    .build();
  
  console.assert(vector === [30, 80]);

• multiply(v: VectorBuilder) multiplies by a vector.

  const vector = new VectorBuilder([3, 4])
    // Multiply the X length by 2 and the Y length by 6
    .multiply(new VectorBuilder([3, 7]).add(-1))
    .build();
  
  console.assert(vector === [6, 24]);

Contributions

Raise bug reports, request features and ask questions at github.com/cariad/vectorbuilder-js/issues.

The Author

Hello! 👋 I'm Cariad Eccleston, and I'm a indie + freelance software engineer down by the beach in Devon, UK.

You can find my open source projects at github.com/cariad, my resume at linkedin.com/in/cariad and Mastodon microblog at @[email protected].