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Pascal/Delphi Source File
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1993-11-02
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{
LOU DUCHEZ
>I'm looking for the way turbo pascal computes the angle.
>Now how can I compute for the Angles C & B.
> b, c, a, B_angle, C_angle: real;
> ┌─┐B angle
> │ └─────┐ a
> b│ └─────┐
> │ └─────┐
> │A = 90 └─────┐
> └─────────────────────────┘ C angle
> c
Okay, you've got b and c. There is an ArcTan function that returns
an angle in radians. Try this:
}
b := abs(b); { these lines keep the operator from getting "cute" }
c := abs(c);
if c <> 0 then
begin { prevents "division by zero" thing }
C_angle := arctan(b/c);
B_angle := (pi/2) - C_angle; { 90 degrees minus the one angle }
end
else
if b <> 0 then
begin { ditto }
B_angle := arctan(c/b);
C_angle := (pi/2) - B_angle;
end
else
begin { you'll get here only if b = c = 0 }
B_angle := 0;
C_angle := 0;
writeln('That''s a dot, not a triangle!');
end;
{
Might I recommend that you have the user do data entry in a "repeat" loop,
so that he can get out only when he's put in actual positive values? I
think you'll discover that a little caution at data-entry time is worth it
in spared headaches later. (Note all the error-checking I had to do ...)
Oh, you wanted degrees, minutes, seconds. I don't know of any built-in
routines for this (I admit I may have missed something), but here's some
totally untested code to convert radians to degrees, minutes, seconds:
}
procedure r2dms(rad : real; var deg, min, sec : real);
begin
deg := rad * 180 / pi; { conversion to degrees }
min := frac(deg) * 60; { convert remainder to minutes }
deg := trunc(deg); { lose the remainder on degrees }
sec := frac(min) * 60; { convert "minutes" remainder to seconds }
min := trunc(min); { lose the remainder on minutes }
end;
{ Here's the reverse journey: }
procedure dms2r(deg, min, sec : real; var rad : real);
begin
rad := pi * (deg + 60 * min + 3600 * sec) / 180;
end;