Pythagoras with only one known side / Computational geometry - computational-geometry

Picture of the problem
I'm working on a coding challenge where, given some amount of coordinates of mountain peeks and cols, I have to calculate how many meters of the mountain is hit by sun rays.
Coding challenge description: https://uva.onlinejudge.org/index.php?option=onlinejudge&page=show_problem&problem=861
I've created a Node class with x-coordinates and y-coordinates and put them in a priority queue with the left most coordinates first
double totalLength = 0;
Node peak = priorityQueue.poll();
Node col = null;
while (!priorityQueue.isEmpty()) {
Node nextCoordinates = priorityQueue.poll();
if (peak.yCo > nextCoordinates.yCo) {
col = nextCoordinates;
} else {
// DO SOME CALCULATIONS
peak = nextCoordinates;
}
}
System.out.println(totalLength);
I'm looking for a calculation explained in the picture at the top first, and a possible better solution to the coding challenge second. Thank you

Actually I think you need to sort by x descending, i.e. rightmost point first. Process points right to left, keeping track of the current highest peak, initialized to the rightmost point. If a point is below the current peak it can be ignored. Otherwise we calculate the amount of sun left visible on the slope of the new high peak using similar triangles, i.e. the ratio visible slope (what we want) to total slope is equal to the ratio of visible height (new peak height minus current peak height) to total height.
Here's some pseudocode:
Sort array of points, P, by x descending
sun = 0
high = 0
for i = 1 to P.length-1
if P[i].y > P[high].y
a = P[i].y - P[i-1].y
b = P[i].x - P[i-1].x
hdiff = P[i].y - P[high].y
sun = sun + hdiff*sqrt(a*a+b*b)/a
high = i
end
end
Translated to Java:
static double calculateSun(int[] peaks)
{
Point[] pts = new Point[peaks.length/2];
for(int j=0, i=0; i<peaks.length; j++)
pts[j] = new Point(peaks[i++], peaks[i++]);
// Sort by X descending
Arrays.sort(pts, (p1, p2) -> {return p2.x - p1.x;});
double sun = 0;
for(int h=0, i=1; i<pts.length; i++)
{
if(pts[i].y > pts[h].y)
{
int a = pts[i].y - pts[i-1].y;
int b = pts[i].x - pts[i-1].x;
int hdiff = pts[i].y - pts[h].y;
sun += hdiff*Math.sqrt(a*a + b*b)/a;
h = i;
}
}
return sun;
}
Test:
public static void main(String[] args)
{
int[][] tests = {
{ 1100, 1200, 0, 500, 1400, 100, 600, 600, 2800, 0,
400, 1100, 1700, 600, 1500, 800, 2100, 300,
1800, 700, 2400, 500, },
{
0, 1000, 1000, 0,
}};
for (int[] test : tests)
System.out.printf("%.2f\n", calculateSun(test));
}
Output:
1446.34
1414.21
Which matches the expected output.

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Weird results with topojson.merge

I am trying to draw realistic (non-straight) borders of randomly generated countries using d3.geoVoronoi and topojson.merge. This is what I am doing:
I create 3 Voronoi diagrams, say A, B and C, respectively with 100, 1000, and 10000 cells.
I merge the voronoi cells of B (1000 cells) if their centroid is contained in the same cell of A (100 cells). In this way I obtain B', with 100 cells having irregular borders.
I repeat point 2, this time merging the cells of C (10000) if their centroid belongs to B'. I thus obtain B'', with 100 cells with even more realistic borders.
In principle the procedure could be repeated to obtain even more detailed borders, but I am already running into problems. When I draw B'' (black lines in the figures), it looks weird.
Why? Does it have to do with the winding order of B'? How can I fix this?
Figures:
Figure 1, Figure 2, Figure 3
const v_land = d3.geoVoronoi(land_Points);
let countries_polygons_land = v_land.polygons(land_Points);
const countries_topology2 = {
type: "Topology",
polygons: countries_polygons_land
};
const countries_topoJSON_land = topojson.topology(countries_topology2);
const countries_geojson_land = topojson.feature(countries_topoJSON_land, countries_topoJSON_land.objects.polygons);
// MERGE
let mergedGeoJSON = countries_geojson_land;
let featureCluster = create2DArray(mergedGeoJSON.features.length);
let newFeature;
for (let k=1; k<points.length; k++) {
// Merge smaller states within greater boundaries
for (let i=0; i < mergedGeoJSON.features.length; i++) {
for (let j=0; j < countries_geojson[k].features.length; j++) {
if(d3.geoContains(mergedGeoJSON.features[i], d3.geoCentroid(countries_geojson[k].features[j]))) {
featureCluster[i].push(countries_topoJSON[k].objects.polygons.geometries[j]);
}
}
}
// Create geoJSON
mergedGeoJSON = {
type: "FeatureCollection",
features: []
}
for (let i=0; i < featureCluster.length; i++) {
newFeature = {
type: "Feature",
geometry: topojson.merge(countries_topoJSON[k], featureCluster[i])
}
mergedGeoJSON.features.push(newFeature);
}
// Draw Polygons (realistic)
ctx.beginPath(),
path(mergedGeoJSON),
ctx.strokeStyle = `rgba(0, 0, 0, 1)`,
ctx.lineWidth = 0.5*k,
ctx.lineJoin = 'round',
ctx.stroke();
}

Finding the furthest point in a grid when compared to other points

I have a rectangular grid of variable size but averaging 500x500 with a small number of x,y points in it (less than 5). I need to find an algorithm that returns an x,y pair that is the farthest away possible from any of the other points.
Context: App's screen (grid) and a set of x,y points (enemies). The player dies and I need an algorithm that respawns them as far away from the enemies so that they don't die immediately after respawning.
What I have so far: The algorithm I wrote works but doesn't perform that great in slower phones. I'm basically dividing up the grid into squares (much like a tic tac toe) and I assign each square a number. I then check every single square against all enemies and store what the closest enemy was at each square. The square with the highest number is the square that has the closest enemy furthest away. I also tried averaging the existing points and doing something similar to this and while the performance was acceptable, the reliability of the method was not.
This is the simplest algorithm I could think of that still gives good results. It only checks 9 possible positions: the corners, the middle of the sides, and the center point. Most of the time the player ends up in a corner, but you obviously need more positions than enemies.
The algorithm runs in 0.013ms on my i5 desktop. If you replace the Math.pow() by Math.abs(), that comes down to 0.0088ms, though obviously with less reliable results. (Oddly enough, that's slower than my other answer which uses trigonometry functions.)
Running the code snippet (repeatedly) will show the result with randomly positioned enemies in a canvas element.
function furthestFrom(enemy) {
var point = [{x:0,y:0},{x:250,y:0},{x:500,y:0},{x:0,y:250},{x:250,y:250},{x:500,y:250},{x:0,y:500},{x:250,y:500},{x:500,y:500}];
var dist2 = [500000,500000,500000,500000,500000,500000,500000,500000,500000];
var max = 0, furthest;
for (var i in point) {
for (var j in enemy) {
var d = Math.pow(point[i].x - enemy[j].x, 2) + Math.pow(point[i].y - enemy[j].y, 2);
if (d < dist2[i]) dist2[i] = d;
}
if (dist2[i] > max) {
max = dist2[i];
furthest = i;
}
}
return(point[furthest]);
}
// CREATE TEST DATA
var enemy = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) enemy[i] = {x: Math.round(Math.random() * 500), y: Math.round(Math.random() * 500)};
// RUN FUNCTION
var result = furthestFrom(enemy);
// SHOW RESULT ON CANVAS
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
canvas.width = 500; canvas.height = 500;
canvas = canvas.getContext("2d");
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
paintDot(canvas, enemy[i].x, enemy[i].y, 10, "red");
}
paintDot(canvas, result.x, result.y, 20, "blue");
function paintDot(canvas, x, y, size, color) {
canvas.beginPath();
canvas.arc(x, y, size, 0, 6.2831853);
canvas.closePath();
canvas.fillStyle = color;
canvas.fill();
}
<BODY STYLE="margin: 0; border: 0; padding: 0;">
<CANVAS ID="canvas" STYLE="width: 200px; height: 200px; background-color: #EEE;"></CANVAS>
</BODY>
This is similar to what you are already doing, but with two passes where the first pass can be fairly crude. First decrease resolution. Divide the 500x500 grid into 10x10 grids each of which is 50x50. For each of the resulting 100 subgrids -- determine which have at least one enemy and locate the subgrid that is furthest away from a subgrid which contains an enemy. At this stage there is only 100 subgrids to worry about. Once you find the subgrid which is furthest away from an enemy -- increase resolution. That subgrid has 50x50 = 2500 squares. Do your original approach with those squares. The result is 50x50 + 100 = 2600 squares to process rather than 500x500 = 250,000. (Adjust the numbers as appropriate for the case in which there isn't 500x500 but with the same basic strategy).
Here is a Python3 implementation. It uses two functions:
1) fullResSearch(a,b,n,enemies) This function takes a set of enemies, a corner location (a,b) and an int, n, and finds the point in the nxn square of positions whose upper-left hand corner is (a,b) and finds the point in that square whose which has the maximum min-distance to an enemy. The enemies are not assumed to be in this nxn grid (although they certainly can be)
2) findSafePoint(n, enemies, mesh = 20) This function takes a set of enemies who are assumed to be in the nxn grid starting at (0,0). mesh determines the size of the subgrids, defaulting to 20. The overall grid is split into mesh x mesh subgrids (or slightly smaller along the boundaries if mesh doesn't divide n) which I think of as territories. I call a territory an enemy territory if it has an enemy in it. I create the set of enemy territories and pass it to fullResSearch with parameter n divided by mesh rather than n. The return value gives me the territory which is farthest from any enemy territory. Such a territory can be regarded as fairly safe. I feed that territory back into fullResSearch to find the safest point in that territory as the overall return function. The resulting point is either optimal or near-optimal and is computed very quickly. Here is the code (together with a test function):
import random
def fullResSearch(a,b,n,enemies):
minDists = [[0]*n for i in range(n)]
for i in range(n):
for j in range(n):
minDists[i][j] = min((a+i - x)**2 + (b+j - y)**2 for (x,y) in enemies)
maximin = 0
for i in range(n):
for j in range(n):
if minDists[i][j] > maximin:
maximin = minDists[i][j]
farthest = (a+i,b+j)
return farthest
def findSafePoint(n, enemies, mesh = 20):
m = n // mesh
territories = set() #enemy territories
for (x,y) in enemies:
i = x//mesh
j = y//mesh
territories.add((i,j))
(i,j) = fullResSearch(0,0,m,territories)
a = i*mesh
b = j*mesh
k = min(mesh,n - a,n - b) #in case mesh doesn't divide n
return fullResSearch(a,b,k,enemies)
def test(n, numEnemies, mesh = 20):
enemies = set()
count = 0
while count < numEnemies:
i = random.randint(0,n-1)
j = random.randint(0,n-1)
if not (i,j) in enemies:
enemies.add ((i,j))
count += 1
for e in enemies: print("Enemy at", e)
print("Safe point at", findSafePoint(n,enemies, mesh))
A typical run:
>>> test(500,5)
Enemy at (216, 67)
Enemy at (145, 251)
Enemy at (407, 256)
Enemy at (111, 258)
Enemy at (26, 298)
Safe point at (271, 499)
(I verified by using fullResSearch on the overall grid that (271,499) is in fact optimal for these enemies)
This method looks at all the enemies from the center point, checks the direction they're in, finds the emptiest sector, and then returns a point on a line through the middle of that sector, 250 away from the center.
The result isn't always perfect, and the safe spot is never in the center (though that could be added), but maybe it's good enough.
The algorithm runs more than a million times per second on my i5 desktop, but a phone may not be that good with trigonometry. The algorithm uses 3 trigonometry functions per enemy: atan2(), cos() and sin(). Those will probably have the most impact on the speed of execution. Maybe you could replace the cos() and sin() with a lookup table.
Run the code snippet to see an example with randomly positioned enemies.
function furthestFrom(e) {
var dir = [], widest = 0, bisect;
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
dir[i] = Math.atan2(e[i].y - 250, e[i].x - 250);
}
dir.sort(function(a, b){return a - b});
dir.push(dir[0] + 6.2831853);
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
var angle = dir[i + 1] - dir[i];
if (angle > widest) {
widest = angle;
bisect = dir[i] + angle / 2;
}
}
return({x: 250 * (1 + Math.cos(bisect)), y: 250 * (1 + Math.sin(bisect))});
}
// CREATE TEST DATA
var enemy = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) enemy[i] = {x: Math.round(Math.random() * 500), y: Math.round(Math.random() * 500)};
// RUN FUNCTION AND SHOW RESULT ON CANVAS
var result = furthestFrom(enemy);
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
canvas.width = 500; canvas.height = 500;
canvas = canvas.getContext("2d");
for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++) {
paintDot(canvas, enemy[i].x, enemy[i].y, "red");
}
paintDot(canvas, result.x, result.y, "blue");
// PAINT DOT ON CANVAS
function paintDot(canvas, x, y, color) {
canvas.beginPath();
canvas.arc(x, y, 10, 0, 6.2831853);
canvas.closePath();
canvas.fillStyle = color;
canvas.fill();
}
<BODY STYLE="margin: 0; border: 0; padding: 0">
<CANVAS ID="canvas" STYLE="width: 200px; height: 200px; background-color: #EEE;"CANVAS>
</BODY>
Here's an interesting solution, however I cannot test it's efficiency. For each enemy, make a line of numbers from each number, starting with one and increasing by one for each increase in distance. Four initial lines will come from the four edges and each time you go one further out, you create another line coming out at a 90 degree angle, also increasing the number each change in distance. If the number line encounters an already created number that is smaller than it, it will not overwrite it and will stop reaching further. Essentially, this makes it so that if the lines find a number smaller than it, it won't check any further grid marks, eliminating the need to check the entire grid for all of the enemies.
<<<<<<^^^^^^^
<<<<<<^^^^^^^
<<<<<<X>>>>>>
vvvvvvv>>>>>>
vvvvvvv>>>>>>
public void map(int posX, int posY)
{
//left up right down
makeLine(posX, posY, -1, 0, 0, -1);
makeLine(posX, posY, 0, 1, -1, 0);
makeLine(posX, posY, 1, 0, 0, 1);
makeLine(posX, posY, 0, -1, 1, 0);
grid[posX][posY] = 1000;
}
public void makeLine(int posX, int posY, int dirX, int dirY, int dir2X, int dir2Y)
{
int currentVal = 1;
posX += dirX;
posY += dirY;
while (0 <= posX && posX < maxX && posY < maxY && posY >= 0 && currentVal < grid[posX][posY])
{
int secondaryPosX = posX + dir2X;
int secondaryPosY = posY + dir2Y;
int secondaryVal = currentVal + 1;
makeSecondaryLine( secondaryPosX, secondaryPosY, dir2X, dir2Y, secondaryVal);
makeSecondaryLine( secondaryPosX, secondaryPosY, -dir2X, -dir2Y, secondaryVal);
grid[posX][posY] = currentVal;
posX += dirX;
posY += dirY;
currentVal++;
}
}
public void makeSecondaryLine(int secondaryPosX, int secondaryPosY, int dir2X, int dir2Y, int secondaryVal)
{
while (0 <= secondaryPosX && secondaryPosX < maxX && secondaryPosY < maxY &&
secondaryPosY >= 0 && secondaryVal < grid[secondaryPosX][secondaryPosY])
{
grid[secondaryPosX][secondaryPosY] = secondaryVal;
secondaryPosX += dir2X;
secondaryPosY += dir2Y;
secondaryVal++;
}
}
}
Here is the code I used to map out the entire grid. The nice thing about this, is that the number of times the number is checked/written is not that much dependent on the number of enemies on the screen. Using a counter and randomly generated enemies, I was able to get this: 124 enemies and 1528537 checks, 68 enemies and 1246769 checks, 15 enemies and 795695 500 enemies and 1747452 checks. This is a huge difference compared to your earlier code which would do number of enemies * number of spaces.
for 124 enemies you'd have done 31000000 checks, while instead this did 1528537, which is less than 5% of the number of checks normally done.
You can choose some random point at the grid and then move it iteratively from the enemies, here is my implementation in python:
from numpy import array
from numpy.linalg import norm
from random import random as rnd
def get_pos(enem):
# chose random start position
pos = array([rnd() * 500., rnd() * 500.])
# make several steps from enemies
for i in xrange(25): # 25 steps
s = array([0., 0.]) # step direction
for e in enem:
vec = pos - array(e) # direction from enemy
dist = norm(vec) # distance from enemy
vec /= dist # normalize vector
# calculate size of step
step = (1000. / dist) ** 2
vec *= step
s += vec
# update position
pos += s
# ensure that pos is in bounds
pos[0] = min(max(0, pos[0]), 500.)
pos[1] = min(max(0, pos[1]), 500.)
return pos
def get_dist(enem, pos):
dists = [norm(pos - array(e)) for e in enem]
print 'Min dist: %f' % min(dists)
print 'Avg dist: %f' % (sum(dists) / len(dists))
enem = [(0., 0.), (250., 250.), (500., 0.), (0., 500.), (500., 500.)]
pos = get_pos(enem)
print 'Position: %s' % pos
get_dist(enem, pos)
Output:
Position: [ 0. 250.35338215]
Min dist: 249.646618
Avg dist: 373.606883
Triangulate the enemies (there's less than 5?); and triangulate each corner of the grid with the closest pair of enemies to it. The circumcenter of one of these triangles should be a decent place to re-spawn.
Below is an example in JavaScript. I used the canvas method from m69's answer for demonstration. The green dots are the candidates tested to arrive at the blue-colored suggestion. Since we are triangulating the corners, they are not offered as solutions here (perhaps the randomly-closer solutions can be exciting for a player? Alternatively, just test for the corners as well..).
// http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4103405/what-is-the-algorithm-for-finding-the-center-of-a-circle-from-three-points
function circumcenter(x1,y1,x2,y2,x3,y3)
{
var offset = x2 * x2 + y2 * y2;
var bc = ( x1 * x1 + y1 * y1 - offset ) / 2;
var cd = (offset - x3 * x3 - y3 * y3) / 2;
var det = (x1 - x2) * (y2 - y3) - (x2 - x3)* (y1 - y2);
var idet = 1/det;
var centerx = (bc * (y2 - y3) - cd * (y1 - y2)) * idet;
var centery = (cd * (x1 - x2) - bc * (x2 - x3)) * idet;
return [centerx,centery];
}
var best = 0,
candidates = [];
function better(pt,pts){
var temp = Infinity;
for (var i=0; i<pts.length; i+=2){
var d = (pts[i] - pt[0])*(pts[i] - pt[0]) + (pts[i+1] - pt[1])*(pts[i+1] - pt[1]);
if (d <= best)
return false;
else if (d < temp)
temp = d;
}
best = temp;
return true;
}
function f(es){
if (es.length < 2)
return "farthest corner";
var corners = [0,0,500,0,500,500,0,500],
bestcandidate;
// test enemies only
if (es.length > 2){
for (var i=0; i<es.length-4; i+=2){
for (var j=i+2; j<es.length-2; j+=2){
for (var k=j+2; k<es.length; k+=2){
var candidate = circumcenter(es[i],es[i+1],es[j],es[j+1],es[k],es[k+1]);
if (candidate[0] < 0 || candidate[1] < 0 || candidate[0] > 500 || candidate[1] > 500)
continue;
candidates.push(candidate[0]);
candidates.push(candidate[1]);
if (better(candidate,es))
bestcandidate = candidate.slice();
}
}
}
}
//test corners
for (var i=0; i<8; i+=2){
for (var j=0; j<es.length-2; j+=2){
for (var k=j+2; k<es.length; k+=2){
var candidate = circumcenter(corners[i],corners[i+1],es[j],es[j+1],es[k],es[k+1]);
if (candidate[0] < 0 || candidate[1] < 0 || candidate[0] > 500 || candidate[1] > 500)
continue;
candidates.push(candidate[0]);
candidates.push(candidate[1]);
if (better(candidate,es))
bestcandidate = candidate.slice();
}
}
}
best = 0;
return bestcandidate;
}
// SHOW RESULT ON CANVAS
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
canvas.width = 500; canvas.height = 500;
context = canvas.getContext("2d");
//setInterval(function() {
// CREATE TEST DATA
context.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
candidates = [];
var enemy = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 8; i++) enemy.push(Math.round(Math.random() * 500));
// RUN FUNCTION
var result = f(enemy);
for (var i = 0; i < 8; i+=2) {
paintDot(context, enemy[i], enemy[i+1], 10, "red");
}
for (var i = 0; i < candidates.length; i+=2) {
paintDot(context, candidates[i], candidates[i+1], 7, "green");
}
paintDot(context, result[0], result[1], 18, "blue");
function paintDot(context, x, y, size, color) {
context.beginPath();
context.arc(x, y, size, 0, 6.2831853);
context.closePath();
context.fillStyle = color;
context.fill();
}
//},1500);
<BODY STYLE="margin: 0; border: 0; padding: 0;">
<CANVAS ID="canvas" STYLE="width: 200px; height: 200px; background:
radial-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0) 0, rgba(255,255,255,.15) 30%, rgba(255,255,255,.3) 32%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 33%) 0 0,
radial-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0) 0, rgba(255,255,255,.1) 11%, rgba(255,255,255,.3) 13%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 14%) 0 0,
radial-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0) 0, rgba(255,255,255,.2) 17%, rgba(255,255,255,.43) 19%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 20%) 0 110px,
radial-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0) 0, rgba(255,255,255,.2) 11%, rgba(255,255,255,.4) 13%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 14%) -130px -170px,
radial-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0) 0, rgba(255,255,255,.2) 11%, rgba(255,255,255,.4) 13%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 14%) 130px 370px,
radial-gradient(rgba(255,255,255,0) 0, rgba(255,255,255,.1) 11%, rgba(255,255,255,.2) 13%, rgba(255,255,255,0) 14%) 0 0,
linear-gradient(45deg, #343702 0%, #184500 20%, #187546 30%, #006782 40%, #0b1284 50%, #760ea1 60%, #83096e 70%, #840b2a 80%, #b13e12 90%, #e27412 100%);
background-size: 470px 470px, 970px 970px, 410px 410px, 610px 610px, 530px 530px, 730px 730px, 100% 100%;
background-color: #840b2a;"></CANVAS>
<!-- http://lea.verou.me/css3patterns/#rainbow-bokeh -->
</BODY>

How to draw a Gaussian Curve in Processing

I am trying to draw a Gaussian curve with mean = 0 and standard deviation = 1 using processing, but when my code runs, nothing is drawn to the screen (not even the background).
Here is my code:
float x, y, mu, sigma;
void setup() {
size(900, 650);
background(255);
stroke(0);
strokeWeight(1);
mu = 0.0;
sigma = 1.0;
for(int i = -4; i < 4; i += 0.5) {
x = i;
y = (1/(sigma * sqrt(2 * PI)))*(exp((-1 * sq(x - mu)) / (2 * sq(sigma)) ));
x = map(x, -4, 4, 0, width);
y = map(y, 0, 1, 0, height);
point(x, y);
}
}
void draw() {
}
In your for loop, you are using an int as the counter, but you're incrementing it by 0.5. When i is positive and it is incremented, that 0.5 gets truncated and i remains what is was before-- so the loop runs forever. It's a fun observation that i does increase when it is negative-- truncation works towards zero, so adding 0.5 ends up adding 1. Changing the declaration of i from int i = -4 to float i = -4 fixed it on my computer. You may also want to increase the stroke weight, at least temporarily, to verify that the points are being drawn (they were hard to see for me and I wasn't sure it was working at first).

previous radius and next radius

For my explanation I will use degrees.
Let's say I have an angle of 45 degrees seen from the center of a canvas.
I have objects at 10°, 60°, 180° and 350° seen from the center.
In this case the previous angle from 45° is 10°.
The next angle from 45° is 60°.
But now the problem:
What if the angle is 6°, for example. Then the previous angle is 350°.
Or if the angle is 355°, then the next angle is 10°.
How can I figure out which one to get, assuming we have an array similar to the following?
angles = [10, 60, 180, 350]
theAngle = 45
Psuedo-code will do.
You can just use a modulo operator, e.g. to find the "previous" angle using C or C-like languages:
int N = 4;
int angles[N] = { 10, 60, 180, 350 };
int theAngle = 45;
int prevAngle = angles[0]; // init - assume angle[0] is "previous" angle
int minAngleDelta = (theAngle - prevAngle) % 360;
for (i = 1; i < N; ++i) // for each remaining angle
{
int angleDelta = (theAngle - angles[i]) % 360;
if (angleDelta < minAngleDelta) // if we found a smaller delta (modulo 360)
{
minAngleDelta = angleDelta; // track min angle delta
prevAngle = angles[i]; // and corresponding angle
}
}
Note: this works even if your array of angles is not sorted.

An algorithm to space out overlapping rectangles?

This problem actually deals with roll-overs, I'll just generalized below as such:
I have a 2D view, and I have a number of rectangles within an area on the screen. How do I spread out those boxes such that they don't overlap each other, but only adjust them with minimal moving?
The rectangles' positions are dynamic and dependent on user's input, so their positions could be anywhere.
Attached images show the problem and desired solution
The real life problem deals with rollovers, actually.
Answers to the questions in the comments
Size of rectangles is not fixed, and is dependent on the length of the text in the rollover
About screen size, right now I think it's better to assume that the size of the screen is enough for the rectangles. If there is too many rectangles and the algo produces no solution, then I just have to tweak the content.
The requirement to 'move minimally' is more for asethetics than an absolute engineering requirement. One could space out two rectangles by adding a vast distance between them, but it won't look good as part of the GUI. The idea is to get the rollover/rectangle as close as to its source (which I will then connect to the source with a black line). So either 'moving just one for x' or 'moving both for half x' is fine.
I was working a bit in this, as I also needed something similar, but I had delayed the algorithm development. You helped me to get some impulse :D
I also needed the source code, so here it is. I worked it out in Mathematica, but as I haven't used heavily the functional features, I guess it'll be easy to translate to any procedural language.
A historic perspective
First I decided to develop the algorithm for circles, because the intersection is easier to calculate. It just depends on the centers and radii.
I was able to use the Mathematica equation solver, and it performed nicely.
Just look:
It was easy. I just loaded the solver with the following problem:
For each circle
Solve[
Find new coördinates for the circle
Minimizing the distance to the geometric center of the image
Taking in account that
Distance between centers > R1+R2 *for all other circles
Move the circle in a line between its center and the
geometric center of the drawing
]
As straightforward as that, and Mathematica did all the work.
I said "Ha! it's easy, now let's go for the rectangles!". But I was wrong ...
Rectangular Blues
The main problem with the rectangles is that querying the intersection is a nasty function. Something like:
So, when I tried to feed up Mathematica with a lot of these conditions for the equation, it performed so badly that I decided to do something procedural.
My algorithm ended up as follows:
Expand each rectangle size by a few points to get gaps in final configuration
While There are intersections
sort list of rectangles by number of intersections
push most intersected rectangle on stack, and remove it from list
// Now all remaining rectangles doesn't intersect each other
While stack not empty
pop rectangle from stack and re-insert it into list
find the geometric center G of the chart (each time!)
find the movement vector M (from G to rectangle center)
move the rectangle incrementally in the direction of M (both sides)
until no intersections
Shrink the rectangles to its original size
You may note that the "smallest movement" condition is not completely satisfied (only in one direction). But I found that moving the rectangles in any direction to satisfy it, sometimes ends up with a confusing map changing for the user.
As I am designing a user interface, I choose to move the rectangle a little further, but in a more predictable way. You can change the algorithm to inspect all angles and all radii surrounding its current position until an empty place is found, although it'll be much more demanding.
Anyway, these are examples of the results (before/ after):
Edit> More examples here
As you may see, the "minimum movement" is not satisfied, but the results are good enough.
I'll post the code here because I'm having some trouble with my SVN repository. I'll remove it when the problems are solved.
Edit:
You may also use R-Trees for finding rectangle intersections, but it seems an overkill for dealing with a small number of rectangles. And I haven't the algorithms already implemented. Perhaps someone else can point you to an existing implementation on your platform of choice.
Warning! Code is a first approach .. not great quality yet, and surely has some bugs.
It's Mathematica.
(*Define some functions first*)
Clear["Global`*"];
rn[x_] := RandomReal[{0, x}];
rnR[x_] := RandomReal[{1, x}];
rndCol[] := RGBColor[rn[1], rn[1], rn[1]];
minX[l_, i_] := l[[i]][[1]][[1]]; (*just for easy reading*)
maxX[l_, i_] := l[[i]][[1]][[2]];
minY[l_, i_] := l[[i]][[2]][[1]];
maxY[l_, i_] := l[[i]][[2]][[2]];
color[l_, i_]:= l[[i]][[3]];
intersectsQ[l_, i_, j_] := (* l list, (i,j) indexes,
list={{x1,x2},{y1,y2}} *)
(*A rect does intesect with itself*)
If[Max[minX[l, i], minX[l, j]] < Min[maxX[l, i], maxX[l, j]] &&
Max[minY[l, i], minY[l, j]] < Min[maxY[l, i], maxY[l, j]],
True,False];
(* Number of Intersects for a Rectangle *)
(* With i as index*)
countIntersects[l_, i_] :=
Count[Table[intersectsQ[l, i, j], {j, 1, Length[l]}], True]-1;
(*And With r as rectangle *)
countIntersectsR[l_, r_] := (
Return[Count[Table[intersectsQ[Append[l, r], Length[l] + 1, j],
{j, 1, Length[l] + 1}], True] - 2];)
(* Get the maximum intersections for all rectangles*)
findMaxIntesections[l_] := Max[Table[countIntersects[l, i],
{i, 1, Length[l]}]];
(* Get the rectangle center *)
rectCenter[l_, i_] := {1/2 (maxX[l, i] + minX[l, i] ),
1/2 (maxY[l, i] + minY[l, i] )};
(* Get the Geom center of the whole figure (list), to move aesthetically*)
geometryCenter[l_] := (* returs {x,y} *)
Mean[Table[rectCenter[l, i], {i, Length[l]}]];
(* Increment or decr. size of all rects by a bit (put/remove borders)*)
changeSize[l_, incr_] :=
Table[{{minX[l, i] - incr, maxX[l, i] + incr},
{minY[l, i] - incr, maxY[l, i] + incr},
color[l, i]},
{i, Length[l]}];
sortListByIntersections[l_] := (* Order list by most intersecting Rects*)
Module[{a, b},
a = MapIndexed[{countIntersectsR[l, #1], #2} &, l];
b = SortBy[a, -#[[1]] &];
Return[Table[l[[b[[i]][[2]][[1]]]], {i, Length[b]}]];
];
(* Utility Functions*)
deb[x_] := (Print["--------"]; Print[x]; Print["---------"];)(* for debug *)
tableForPlot[l_] := (*for plotting*)
Table[{color[l, i], Rectangle[{minX[l, i], minY[l, i]},
{maxX[l, i], maxY[l, i]}]}, {i, Length[l]}];
genList[nonOverlap_, Overlap_] := (* Generate initial lists of rects*)
Module[{alist, blist, a, b},
(alist = (* Generate non overlapping - Tabuloid *)
Table[{{Mod[i, 3], Mod[i, 3] + .8},
{Mod[i, 4], Mod[i, 4] + .8},
rndCol[]}, {i, nonOverlap}];
blist = (* Random overlapping *)
Table[{{a = rnR[3], a + rnR[2]}, {b = rnR[3], b + rnR[2]},
rndCol[]}, {Overlap}];
Return[Join[alist, blist] (* Join both *)];)
];
Main
clist = genList[6, 4]; (* Generate a mix fixed & random set *)
incr = 0.05; (* may be some heuristics needed to determine best increment*)
clist = changeSize[clist,incr]; (* expand rects so that borders does not
touch each other*)
(* Now remove all intercepting rectangles until no more intersections *)
workList = {}; (* the stack*)
While[findMaxIntesections[clist] > 0,
(*Iterate until no intersections *)
clist = sortListByIntersections[clist];
(*Put the most intersected first*)
PrependTo[workList, First[clist]];
(* Push workList with intersected *)
clist = Delete[clist, 1]; (* and Drop it from clist *)
];
(* There are no intersections now, lets pop the stack*)
While [workList != {},
PrependTo[clist, First[workList]];
(*Push first element in front of clist*)
workList = Delete[workList, 1];
(* and Drop it from worklist *)
toMoveIndex = 1;
(*Will move the most intersected Rect*)
g = geometryCenter[clist];
(*so the geom. perception is preserved*)
vectorToMove = rectCenter[clist, toMoveIndex] - g;
If [Norm[vectorToMove] < 0.01, vectorToMove = {1,1}]; (*just in case*)
vectorToMove = vectorToMove/Norm[vectorToMove];
(*to manage step size wisely*)
(*Now iterate finding minimum move first one way, then the other*)
i = 1; (*movement quantity*)
While[countIntersects[clist, toMoveIndex] != 0,
(*If the Rect still intersects*)
(*move it alternating ways (-1)^n *)
clist[[toMoveIndex]][[1]] += (-1)^i i incr vectorToMove[[1]];(*X coords*)
clist[[toMoveIndex]][[2]] += (-1)^i i incr vectorToMove[[2]];(*Y coords*)
i++;
];
];
clist = changeSize[clist, -incr](* restore original sizes*);
HTH!
Edit: Multi-angle searching
I implemented a change in the algorithm allowing to search in all directions, but giving preference to the axis imposed by the geometric symmetry.
At the expense of more cycles, this resulted in more compact final configurations, as you can see here below:
More samples here.
The pseudocode for the main loop changed to:
Expand each rectangle size by a few points to get gaps in final configuration
While There are intersections
sort list of rectangles by number of intersections
push most intersected rectangle on stack, and remove it from list
// Now all remaining rectangles doesn't intersect each other
While stack not empty
find the geometric center G of the chart (each time!)
find the PREFERRED movement vector M (from G to rectangle center)
pop rectangle from stack
With the rectangle
While there are intersections (list+rectangle)
For increasing movement modulus
For increasing angle (0, Pi/4)
rotate vector M expanding the angle alongside M
(* angle, -angle, Pi + angle, Pi-angle*)
re-position the rectangle accorging to M
Re-insert modified vector into list
Shrink the rectangles to its original size
I'm not including the source code for brevity, but just ask for it if you think you can use it. I think that, should you go this way, it's better to switch to R-trees (a lot of interval tests needed here)
Here's a guess.
Find the center C of the bounding box of your rectangles.
For each rectangle R that overlaps another.
Define a movement vector v.
Find all the rectangles R' that overlap R.
Add a vector to v proportional to the vector between the center of R and R'.
Add a vector to v proportional to the vector between C and the center of R.
Move R by v.
Repeat until nothing overlaps.
This incrementally moves the rectangles away from each other and the center of all the rectangles. This will terminate because the component of v from step 4 will eventually spread them out enough all by itself.
I think this solution is quite similar to the one given by cape1232, but it's already implemented, so worth checking out :)
Follow to this reddit discussion: http://www.reddit.com/r/gamedev/comments/1dlwc4/procedural_dungeon_generation_algorithm_explained/ and check out the description and implementation. There's no source code available, so here's my approach to this problem in AS3 (works exactly the same, but keeps rectangles snapped to grid's resolution):
public class RoomSeparator extends AbstractAction {
public function RoomSeparator(name:String = "Room Separator") {
super(name);
}
override public function get finished():Boolean { return _step == 1; }
override public function step():void {
const repelDecayCoefficient:Number = 1.0;
_step = 1;
var count:int = _activeRoomContainer.children.length;
for(var i:int = 0; i < count; i++) {
var room:Room = _activeRoomContainer.children[i];
var center:Vector3D = new Vector3D(room.x + room.width / 2, room.y + room.height / 2);
var velocity:Vector3D = new Vector3D();
for(var j:int = 0; j < count; j++) {
if(i == j)
continue;
var otherRoom:Room = _activeRoomContainer.children[j];
var intersection:Rectangle = GeomUtil.rectangleIntersection(room.createRectangle(), otherRoom.createRectangle());
if(intersection == null || intersection.width == 0 || intersection.height == 0)
continue;
var otherCenter:Vector3D = new Vector3D(otherRoom.x + otherRoom.width / 2, otherRoom.y + otherRoom.height / 2);
var diff:Vector3D = center.subtract(otherCenter);
if(diff.length > 0) {
var scale:Number = repelDecayCoefficient / diff.lengthSquared;
diff.normalize();
diff.scaleBy(scale);
velocity = velocity.add(diff);
}
}
if(velocity.length > 0) {
_step = 0;
velocity.normalize();
room.x += Math.abs(velocity.x) < 0.5 ? 0 : velocity.x > 0 ? _resolution : -_resolution;
room.y += Math.abs(velocity.y) < 0.5 ? 0 : velocity.y > 0 ? _resolution : -_resolution;
}
}
}
}
I really like b005t3r's implementation! It works in my test cases, however my rep is too low to leave a comment with the 2 suggested fixes.
You should not be translating rooms by single resolution increments, you should translate by the velocity you just pain stakingly calculated! This makes the separation more organic as deeply intersected rooms separate more each iteration than not-so-deeply intersecting rooms.
You should not assume velociites less than 0.5 means rooms are separate as you can get stuck in a case where you are never separated. Imagine 2 rooms intersect, but are unable to correct themselves because whenever either one attempts to correct the penetration they calculate the required velocity as < 0.5 so they iterate endlessly.
Here is a Java solution (: Cheers!
do {
_separated = true;
for (Room room : getRooms()) {
// reset for iteration
Vector2 velocity = new Vector2();
Vector2 center = room.createCenter();
for (Room other_room : getRooms()) {
if (room == other_room)
continue;
if (!room.createRectangle().overlaps(other_room.createRectangle()))
continue;
Vector2 other_center = other_room.createCenter();
Vector2 diff = new Vector2(center.x - other_center.x, center.y - other_center.y);
float diff_len2 = diff.len2();
if (diff_len2 > 0f) {
final float repelDecayCoefficient = 1.0f;
float scale = repelDecayCoefficient / diff_len2;
diff.nor();
diff.scl(scale);
velocity.add(diff);
}
}
if (velocity.len2() > 0f) {
_separated = false;
velocity.nor().scl(delta * 20f);
room.getPosition().add(velocity);
}
}
} while (!_separated);
Here's an algorithm written using Java for handling a cluster of unrotated Rectangles. It allows you to specify the desired aspect ratio of the layout and positions the cluster using a parameterised Rectangle as an anchor point, which all translations made are oriented about. You can also specify an arbitrary amount of padding which you'd like to spread the Rectangles by.
public final class BoxxyDistribution {
/* Static Definitions. */
private static final int INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X = 0;
private static final int INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y = 1;
private static final int INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X = 2;
private static final int INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_Y = 3;
private static final double onCalculateMagnitude(final double pDeltaX, final double pDeltaY) {
return Math.sqrt((pDeltaX * pDeltaX) + (pDeltaY + pDeltaY));
}
/* Updates the members of EnclosingBounds to ensure the dimensions of T can be completely encapsulated. */
private static final void onEncapsulateBounds(final double[] pEnclosingBounds, final double pMinimumX, final double pMinimumY, final double pMaximumX, final double pMaximumY) {
pEnclosingBounds[0] = Math.min(pEnclosingBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X], pMinimumX);
pEnclosingBounds[1] = Math.min(pEnclosingBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y], pMinimumY);
pEnclosingBounds[2] = Math.max(pEnclosingBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X], pMaximumX);
pEnclosingBounds[3] = Math.max(pEnclosingBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_Y], pMaximumY);
}
private static final void onEncapsulateBounds(final double[] pEnclosingBounds, final double[] pBounds) {
BoxxyDistribution.onEncapsulateBounds(pEnclosingBounds, pBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X], pBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y], pBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X], pBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_Y]);
}
private static final double onCalculateMidpoint(final double pMaximum, final double pMinimum) {
return ((pMaximum - pMinimum) * 0.5) + pMinimum;
}
/* Re-arranges a List of Rectangles into something aesthetically pleasing. */
public static final void onBoxxyDistribution(final List<Rectangle> pRectangles, final Rectangle pAnchor, final double pPadding, final double pAspectRatio, final float pRowFillPercentage) {
/* Create a safe clone of the Rectangles that we can modify as we please. */
final List<Rectangle> lRectangles = new ArrayList<Rectangle>(pRectangles);
/* Allocate a List to track the bounds of each Row. */
final List<double[]> lRowBounds = new ArrayList<double[]>(); // (MinX, MinY, MaxX, MaxY)
/* Ensure Rectangles does not contain the Anchor. */
lRectangles.remove(pAnchor);
/* Order the Rectangles via their proximity to the Anchor. */
Collections.sort(pRectangles, new Comparator<Rectangle>(){ #Override public final int compare(final Rectangle pT0, final Rectangle pT1) {
/* Calculate the Distance for pT0. */
final double lDistance0 = BoxxyDistribution.onCalculateMagnitude(pAnchor.getCenterX() - pT0.getCenterX(), pAnchor.getCenterY() - pT0.getCenterY());
final double lDistance1 = BoxxyDistribution.onCalculateMagnitude(pAnchor.getCenterX() - pT1.getCenterX(), pAnchor.getCenterY() - pT1.getCenterY());
/* Compare the magnitude in distance between the anchor and the Rectangles. */
return Double.compare(lDistance0, lDistance1);
} });
/* Initialize the RowBounds using the Anchor. */ /** TODO: Probably better to call getBounds() here. **/
lRowBounds.add(new double[]{ pAnchor.getX(), pAnchor.getY(), pAnchor.getX() + pAnchor.getWidth(), pAnchor.getY() + pAnchor.getHeight() });
/* Allocate a variable for tracking the TotalBounds of all rows. */
final double[] lTotalBounds = new double[]{ Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Double.POSITIVE_INFINITY, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY, Double.NEGATIVE_INFINITY };
/* Now we iterate the Rectangles to place them optimally about the Anchor. */
for(int i = 0; i < lRectangles.size(); i++) {
/* Fetch the Rectangle. */
final Rectangle lRectangle = lRectangles.get(i);
/* Iterate through each Row. */
for(final double[] lBounds : lRowBounds) {
/* Update the TotalBounds. */
BoxxyDistribution.onEncapsulateBounds(lTotalBounds, lBounds);
}
/* Allocate a variable to state whether the Rectangle has been allocated a suitable RowBounds. */
boolean lIsBounded = false;
/* Calculate the AspectRatio. */
final double lAspectRatio = (lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X] - lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X]) / (lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_Y] - lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y]);
/* We will now iterate through each of the available Rows to determine if a Rectangle can be stored. */
for(int j = 0; j < lRowBounds.size() && !lIsBounded; j++) {
/* Fetch the Bounds. */
final double[] lBounds = lRowBounds.get(j);
/* Calculate the width and height of the Bounds. */
final double lWidth = lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X] - lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X];
final double lHeight = lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_Y] - lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y];
/* Determine whether the Rectangle is suitable to fit in the RowBounds. */
if(lRectangle.getHeight() <= lHeight && !(lAspectRatio > pAspectRatio && lWidth > pRowFillPercentage * (lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X] - lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X]))) {
/* Register that the Rectangle IsBounded. */
lIsBounded = true;
/* Update the Rectangle's X and Y Co-ordinates. */
lRectangle.setFrame((lRectangle.getX() > BoxxyDistribution.onCalculateMidpoint(lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X], lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X])) ? lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_X] + pPadding : lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X] - (pPadding + lRectangle.getWidth()), lBounds[1], lRectangle.getWidth(), lRectangle.getHeight());
/* Update the Bounds. (Do not modify the vertical metrics.) */
BoxxyDistribution.onEncapsulateBounds(lTotalBounds, lRectangle.getX(), lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y], lRectangle.getX() + lRectangle.getWidth(), lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y] + lHeight);
}
}
/* Determine if the Rectangle has not been allocated a Row. */
if(!lIsBounded) {
/* Calculate the MidPoint of the TotalBounds. */
final double lCentreY = BoxxyDistribution.onCalculateMidpoint(lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_Y], lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y]);
/* Determine whether to place the bounds above or below? */
final double lYPosition = lRectangle.getY() < lCentreY ? lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y] - (pPadding + lRectangle.getHeight()) : (lTotalBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MAXIMUM_Y] + pPadding);
/* Create a new RowBounds. */
final double[] lBounds = new double[]{ pAnchor.getX(), lYPosition, pAnchor.getX() + lRectangle.getWidth(), lYPosition + lRectangle.getHeight() };
/* Allocate a new row, roughly positioned about the anchor. */
lRowBounds.add(lBounds);
/* Position the Rectangle. */
lRectangle.setFrame(lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_X], lBounds[BoxxyDistribution.INDEX_BOUNDS_MINIMUM_Y], lRectangle.getWidth(), lRectangle.getHeight());
}
}
}
}
Here's an example using an AspectRatio of 1.2, a FillPercentage of 0.8 and a Padding of 10.0.
This is a deterministic approach which allows spacing to occur around the anchor whilst leaving the location of the anchor itself unchanged. This allows the layout to occur around wherever the user's Point of Interest is. The logic for selecting a position is pretty simplistic, but I think the surrounding architecture of sorting the elements based upon their initial position and then iterating them is a useful approach for implementing a relatively predictable distribution. Plus we're not relying on iterative intersection tests or anything like that, just building up some bounding boxes to give us a broad indication of where to align things; after this, applying padding just comes kind of naturally.
Here is a version that takes cape1232's answer and is a standalone runnable example for Java:
public class Rectangles extends JPanel {
List<Rectangle2D> rectangles = new ArrayList<Rectangle2D>();
{
// x,y,w,h
rectangles.add(new Rectangle2D.Float(300, 50, 50, 50));
rectangles.add(new Rectangle2D.Float(300, 50, 20, 50));
rectangles.add(new Rectangle2D.Float(100, 100, 100, 50));
rectangles.add(new Rectangle2D.Float(120, 200, 50, 50));
rectangles.add(new Rectangle2D.Float(150, 130, 100, 100));
rectangles.add(new Rectangle2D.Float(0, 100, 100, 50));
for (int i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < 10; j++) {
rectangles.add(new Rectangle2D.Float(i * 40, j * 40, 20, 20));
}
}
}
List<Rectangle2D> rectanglesToDraw;
protected void reset() {
rectanglesToDraw = rectangles;
this.repaint();
}
private List<Rectangle2D> findIntersections(Rectangle2D rect, List<Rectangle2D> rectList) {
ArrayList<Rectangle2D> intersections = new ArrayList<Rectangle2D>();
for (Rectangle2D intersectingRect : rectList) {
if (!rect.equals(intersectingRect) && intersectingRect.intersects(rect)) {
intersections.add(intersectingRect);
}
}
return intersections;
}
protected void fix() {
rectanglesToDraw = new ArrayList<Rectangle2D>();
for (Rectangle2D rect : rectangles) {
Rectangle2D copyRect = new Rectangle2D.Double();
copyRect.setRect(rect);
rectanglesToDraw.add(copyRect);
}
// Find the center C of the bounding box of your rectangles.
Rectangle2D surroundRect = surroundingRect(rectanglesToDraw);
Point center = new Point((int) surroundRect.getCenterX(), (int) surroundRect.getCenterY());
int movementFactor = 5;
boolean hasIntersections = true;
while (hasIntersections) {
hasIntersections = false;
for (Rectangle2D rect : rectanglesToDraw) {
// Find all the rectangles R' that overlap R.
List<Rectangle2D> intersectingRects = findIntersections(rect, rectanglesToDraw);
if (intersectingRects.size() > 0) {
// Define a movement vector v.
Point movementVector = new Point(0, 0);
Point centerR = new Point((int) rect.getCenterX(), (int) rect.getCenterY());
// For each rectangle R that overlaps another.
for (Rectangle2D rPrime : intersectingRects) {
Point centerRPrime = new Point((int) rPrime.getCenterX(), (int) rPrime.getCenterY());
int xTrans = (int) (centerR.getX() - centerRPrime.getX());
int yTrans = (int) (centerR.getY() - centerRPrime.getY());
// Add a vector to v proportional to the vector between the center of R and R'.
movementVector.translate(xTrans < 0 ? -movementFactor : movementFactor,
yTrans < 0 ? -movementFactor : movementFactor);
}
int xTrans = (int) (centerR.getX() - center.getX());
int yTrans = (int) (centerR.getY() - center.getY());
// Add a vector to v proportional to the vector between C and the center of R.
movementVector.translate(xTrans < 0 ? -movementFactor : movementFactor,
yTrans < 0 ? -movementFactor : movementFactor);
// Move R by v.
rect.setRect(rect.getX() + movementVector.getX(), rect.getY() + movementVector.getY(),
rect.getWidth(), rect.getHeight());
// Repeat until nothing overlaps.
hasIntersections = true;
}
}
}
this.repaint();
}
private Rectangle2D surroundingRect(List<Rectangle2D> rectangles) {
Point topLeft = null;
Point bottomRight = null;
for (Rectangle2D rect : rectangles) {
if (topLeft == null) {
topLeft = new Point((int) rect.getMinX(), (int) rect.getMinY());
} else {
if (rect.getMinX() < topLeft.getX()) {
topLeft.setLocation((int) rect.getMinX(), topLeft.getY());
}
if (rect.getMinY() < topLeft.getY()) {
topLeft.setLocation(topLeft.getX(), (int) rect.getMinY());
}
}
if (bottomRight == null) {
bottomRight = new Point((int) rect.getMaxX(), (int) rect.getMaxY());
} else {
if (rect.getMaxX() > bottomRight.getX()) {
bottomRight.setLocation((int) rect.getMaxX(), bottomRight.getY());
}
if (rect.getMaxY() > bottomRight.getY()) {
bottomRight.setLocation(bottomRight.getX(), (int) rect.getMaxY());
}
}
}
return new Rectangle2D.Double(topLeft.getX(), topLeft.getY(), bottomRight.getX() - topLeft.getX(),
bottomRight.getY() - topLeft.getY());
}
public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
super.paintComponent(g);
Graphics2D g2d = (Graphics2D) g;
for (Rectangle2D entry : rectanglesToDraw) {
g2d.setStroke(new BasicStroke(1));
// g2d.fillRect((int) entry.getX(), (int) entry.getY(), (int) entry.getWidth(),
// (int) entry.getHeight());
g2d.draw(entry);
}
}
protected static void createAndShowGUI() {
Rectangles rects = new Rectangles();
rects.reset();
JFrame frame = new JFrame("Rectangles");
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
frame.setLayout(new BorderLayout());
frame.add(rects, BorderLayout.CENTER);
JPanel buttonsPanel = new JPanel();
JButton fix = new JButton("Fix");
fix.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
rects.fix();
}
});
JButton resetButton = new JButton("Reset");
resetButton.addActionListener(new ActionListener() {
#Override
public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e) {
rects.reset();
}
});
buttonsPanel.add(fix);
buttonsPanel.add(resetButton);
frame.add(buttonsPanel, BorderLayout.SOUTH);
frame.setSize(400, 400);
frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
frame.setVisible(true);
}
public static void main(String[] args) {
SwingUtilities.invokeLater(new Runnable() {
#Override
public void run() {
createAndShowGUI();
}
});
}
}

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