/* -Procedure vhat_c ( "V-Hat", unit vector along V, 3 dimensions ) -Abstract Find the unit vector along a double precision 3-dimensional vector. -Disclaimer THIS SOFTWARE AND ANY RELATED MATERIALS WERE CREATED BY THE CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (CALTECH) UNDER A U.S. GOVERNMENT CONTRACT WITH THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA). THE SOFTWARE IS TECHNOLOGY AND SOFTWARE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE UNDER U.S. EXPORT LAWS AND IS PROVIDED "AS-IS" TO THE RECIPIENT WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTIES OF PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR USE OR PURPOSE (AS SET FORTH IN UNITED STATES UCC SECTIONS 2312-2313) OR FOR ANY PURPOSE WHATSOEVER, FOR THE SOFTWARE AND RELATED MATERIALS, HOWEVER USED. IN NO EVENT SHALL CALTECH, ITS JET PROPULSION LABORATORY, OR NASA BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES AND/OR COSTS, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND, INCLUDING ECONOMIC DAMAGE OR INJURY TO PROPERTY AND LOST PROFITS, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER CALTECH, JPL, OR NASA BE ADVISED, HAVE REASON TO KNOW, OR, IN FACT, SHALL KNOW OF THE POSSIBILITY. RECIPIENT BEARS ALL RISK RELATING TO QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND ANY RELATED MATERIALS, AND AGREES TO INDEMNIFY CALTECH AND NASA FOR ALL THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS RESULTING FROM THE ACTIONS OF RECIPIENT IN THE USE OF THE SOFTWARE. -Required_Reading None. -Keywords VECTOR */ #include #include "SpiceUsr.h" #undef vhat_c void vhat_c ( ConstSpiceDouble v1 [3], SpiceDouble vout[3] ) /* -Brief_I/O VARIABLE I/O DESCRIPTION -------- --- -------------------------------------------------- v1 I Vector to be unitized. vout O Unit vector v1 / |v1|. -Detailed_Input v1 This is any double precision, 3-dimensional vector. -Detailed_Output vout vout contains the unit vector in the direction of v1. If v1 represents the zero vector, then vout will also be the zero vector. vout may overwrite v1. -Parameters None. -Exceptions Error free. If v1 represents the zero vector, then vout will also be the zero vector. -Files None. -Particulars vhat_c determines the magnitude of v1 and then divides each component of v1 by the magnitude. This process is highly stable over the whole range of 3-dimensional vectors. -Examples The following table shows how v1 maps to vout. v1 vout ------------------ ------------------ ( 5, 12, 0 ) ( 5/13, 12/13, 0 ) ( 1.e-7, 2.e-7, 2.e-7 ) ( 1/3, 2/3, 2/3 ) -Restrictions None. There is no known case whereby floating point overflow may occur. Thus, no error recovery or reporting scheme is incorporated into this subroutine. -Literature_References None. -Author_and_Institution N.J. Bachman (JPL) W.L. Taber (JPL) W.M. Owen (JPL) -Version -CSPICE Version 1.0.2, 16-JAN-2008 (EDW) Corrected typos in header titles: Detailed Input to Detailed_Input Detailed Output to Detailed_Output -CSPICE Version 1.0.1, 12-NOV-2006 (EDW) Added Parameters section header. -CSPICE Version 1.0.0, 16-APR-1999 (EDW) -Index_Entries unitize a 3-dimensional vector -& */ { /* Begin vhat_c */ /* Local variables */ SpiceDouble vmag; /* Obtain the magnitude of v1. */ vmag = vnorm_c(v1); /* If vmag is nonzero, then unitize. Note that this process is numerically stable: overflow could only happen if vmag were small, but this could only happen if each component of v1 were small. In fact, the magnitude of any vector is never less than the magnitude of any component. */ if ( vmag > 0.0 ) { vout[0] = v1[0] / vmag; vout[1] = v1[1] / vmag; vout[2] = v1[2] / vmag; } else { vout[0] = 0.0; vout[1] = 0.0; vout[2] = 0.0; } } /* End vhat_c */