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Likely the most comprehensive vector library for TypeScript / JavaScript currently available.
This package provides over 875(!) largely code generated functions and supporting types to perform vector operations on fixed and arbitrary-length vectors, both packed and strided (i.e. where individual vector components are not successive array elements, for example in SOA memory layouts).
Includes componentwise logic operations for boolean vectors, componentwise comparisons for numeric vectors and componentwise binary ops for signed & unsigned integer vectors.
- Small & fast: The vast majority of functions are code generated with fixed-sized versions not using any loops. Minified + gzipped, the entire package is ~11.8KB (though you'll hardly ever use all functions).
- Unified API: Any
ArrayLike
type can be used as vector containers (e.g. JS arrays, typed arrays, custom impls). Most functions are implemented as multi-methods, dispatching to any potentially optimized versions based on given vector arguments. - Highly modular: Each function is defined in its own submodule / file. In
addition to each generic multi-method base function, all fixed-length
optimized versions are exported too. E.g. If
add
performs vector addition on arbitrary-length vectors,add2
,add3
,add4
are the optimized version for fixed-length vectors... - Pluggable interface: The
VecAPI
interface defines objects of the ~70 most common vector operations implemented for specific vector sizes. Using this interface simplifies performance-critical use cases & algorithms which target different dimensions (e.g. 2d/3d), but should use the avaiable size-optimized vector ops. SeeVEC2
,VEC3
andVEC4
- Extensible: Custom vector ops can be defined in a similar manner using the provided code generation helpers (see vop.ts and emit.ts for details).
- Immutable by default: Each operation producing a vector result takes an output
vector as first argument. If
null
, the vector given as 2nd argument will (usually) be used as output (i.e. for mutation). - Strided vector support is handled via the lightweight
Vec2/3/4
class wrappers and thegvec()
proxy (for generic, arbitrary-length vectors). These types behave like normal arrays (for read/write operations) and are also iterable. A subset of functions (suffixed withS
, e.g.addS
vs.add
) also support striding without the need for extra class wrappers. This is handled via additional index and stride arguments for each input/output vector. These functions are only available for sizes 2 / 3 / 4, though. - Random vector functions support the
IRandom
interface defined by @thi.ng/random to work with custom (P)RNGs. If omitted, the built-inMath.random()
will be used.
Partially ported from thi.ng/geom-clj (Clojure) and c.thi.ng (C11).
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The introduction of seveveral standard libc math
functions to the
@thi.ng/math
package caused a behavior change of existing fmod()
function. For symmetry
reasons the same changes have been applied to this package...
- swap
fmod()
⇄mod()
, to align the latter with its GLSL counterpart - the new
fmod()
has standard libc behavior (same as JS%
operator) - add
remainder()
with standard libc behavior
- to avoid confusion, the arg order of
madd
andmaddN
functions have been updated to be compatible with the OpenCLmad
function and to generally follow the expanded name, i.e. multiply-add:madd([], a, b, c)
: beforea + b * c
, now:a * b + c
maddN([], a, b, n)
=>maddN([], a, n, b)
(i.e.a * n + b
)
- rename
perpendicularLeft2
=>perpendicularCCW
- rename
perpendicularRight2
=>perpendicularCW
- rename
normalLeft2
/normalRight2
=>normalCCW
/normalCW
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import * as v from "@thi.ng/vectors";
// immutable vector addition (1st arg is result)
v.add([], [1, 2, 3, 4], [10, 20, 30, 40]);
// [11, 22, 33, 44]
// mutable addition
// (if first arg (output) is null writes result to 2nd arg)
a = [1, 2, 3];
v.add(null, a, a);
// [2, 4, 6]
// multiply-add (o = a * b + c)
v.madd([], [10, 20], [0.5, 0.25], [1, 2]);
// [6, 7]
// multiply-add w/ scalar (o = a * n + b)
v.maddN([], [10, 20], 0.5, [1, 2]);
// [6, 12]
// scalar addition w/ arbitrary length & strided vector
v.addN([], gvec([0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0], 3, 1, 4), 10);
// [11, 12, 13]
// or operate on raw arrays directly...
// here the last 4 args define:
// out index, src index, out stride, src stride
v.addNS3(null, [0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 3, 0, 0, 0], 10, 1, 1, 4, 4)
// [0, 11, 0, 0, 0, 12, 0, 0, 0, 13, 0, 0, 0]
v.dist([1, 2], [100, 200]);
// 221.37072977247917
v.distManhattan([1, 2], [100, 200]);
// 297
v.distChebyshev([1, 2], [100, 200]);
// 198
v.mixN([], [1, 2], [10, 20], 0.5);
// [5.5, 11]
v.fromHomogeneous([], [100, 200, 0.5]);
// [200, 400]
v.swizzle4([], [1, 2], 1, 1, 0, 0);
// [ 2, 2, 1, 1 ]
v.hash([1, 2, 3])
// 2383338936
Using the
VecAPI
implementation objects to use size-optimized vector ops in a pluggable manner
(this is in addition/alternative to using the standard set of polymorphic
functions for similar results).
import { VEC2, VEC3, type Vec, type VecAPI } from "@thi.ng/vectors";
interface Particle {
pos: Vec;
dir: Vec;
targetDir: Vec;
speed: number;
turnSpeed: number;
}
const updateParticle = (p: Particle, { maddN, mixN, normalize }: VecAPI) => {
// interpolate current direction toward target dir
mixN(null, p.dir, p.targetDir, p.turnSpeed);
// normalize direction
normalize(null, p.dir);
// add scaled direction to position (and store as new position)
return maddN(p.pos, p.dir, p.speed, p.pos);
};
// 2d version
let p2d: Particle = {
pos: [10, 20], dir: [0, 1], targetDir: [1, 0], speed: 5, turnSpeed: 0.1,
};
updateParticle(p2d, VEC2);
// [ 10.552, 24.969 ]
// 3d version
let p3d: Particle = {
pos: [10, 20, 30], dir: [0, 1, 0], targetDir: [0, 0, 1], speed: 5, turnSpeed: 0.1,
};
updateParticle(p3d, VEC3);
// [ 10, 24.969, 30.552 ]
Wherever possible, each operation comes in different variations. All fixed size versions use optimized, loop-free implementations.
Suffix | Description |
---|---|
none | arbitrary length vector arg(s) |
2 | 2d vector arg(s) |
3 | 3d vector arg(s) |
4 | 4d vector arg(s) |
N2 | 2d vector(s) & scalar |
N3 | 3d vector(s) & scalar |
N4 | 4d vector(s) & scalar |
I | arbitrary len, signed int vec |
U | arbitrary len, unsigned int vec |
I2 / I3 / I4 | fixed size signed int vec |
U2 / U3 / U4 | fixed size signed int vec |
NI / NU | arbitrary len, signed int vec & scalar |
NI2 / NI3 / NI4 | fixed size signed int vec & scalar |
NU2 / NU3 / NU4 | fixed size unsigned int vec & scalar |
S2 / S3 / S4 | fixed size strided vec |
NS2 / NS3 / NS4 | fixed size strided vec & scalar |
C | arbitrary len vec, component wise args |
C2 / C3 / C4 | fixed size vec, component wise args |
CS2 / CS3 / CS4 | fixed size strided vec, component args |
MAX2
/MAX3
/MAX4
- each component+Infinity
MIN2
/MIN3
/MIN4
- each component-Infinity
ONE2
/ONE3
/ONE4
- each component1
ZERO2
/ZERO3
/ZERO4
- each component0
X2
/X3
/X4
- positive X axisY2
/Y3
/Y4
- positive Y axisZ3
/Z4
- positive Z axisW4
- positive W axis
set
/set2
/set3
/set4
setC
/setC2
/setC3
/setC4
/setC6
setN
/setN2
/setN3
/setN4
setS
/setS2
/setS3
/setS4
setCS2
/setCS3
/setCS4
setNS2
/setNS3
/setNS4
copy
empty
one
zero
swizzle2
/swizzle3
/swizzle4
setSwizzle1
/setSwizzle2
/setSwizzle3
/setSwizzle4
swapXY
/swapXZ
/swapYZ
Functions to create wrapped (strided) vector instances:
vec2
/vec2n
vec3
/vec3n
vec4
/vec4n
gvec
Wrap existing vanilla vectors:
asVec2
/asVec3
/asVec4
Vanilla vector (array) factories:
ones
zeroes
vecOf
setVN3
/setVN4
setVV4
/setVV6
/setVV9
/setVV16
Component wise op with 2 input vectors:
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
add |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
div |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
mul |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
sub |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
fmod |
✓ | 2-4 | (C/JS behavior) | ||
mod |
✓ | 2-4 | (GLSL behavior) | ||
pow |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
remainder |
✓ | 2-4 | (C behavior) |
import { add, add2, addU2, addS2 } from "@thi.ng/vectors";
// generic
add([], [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], [10, 20, 30, 40, 50]);
// [11, 22, 33, 44, 55]
// fixed size & packed
add2([], [1, 2], [10, 20])
// [11, 22]
// unsigned int
addU2([], [1, -2], [-10, 20])
// [4294967287, 18]
// strided
addS2([], [1,0,2,0], [0,10,0,0,0,20], 0, 0, 1, 1, 2, 4)
// [11, 22]
Component wise op with one input vector and single scalar:
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
addN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
divN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
mulN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
subN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |
neg |
✓ | same as mulN(out, v, -1) |
|||
fmodN |
✓ | 2-4 | (C/JS behavior) | ||
modN |
✓ | 2-4 | (GLSL behavior) | ||
powN |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
remainderN |
✓ | 2-4 | (C behavior) | ||
roundN |
✓ | 2-4 |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
addm |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | (a + b) * c | |
addmN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | (a + b) * n | |
madd |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | a * n + c | |
maddN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | a * n + b | |
msub |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | a * n - c | |
msubN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | a * n - b | |
subm |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | (a - b) * c | |
submN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | (a - b) * n |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
clamp |
✓ | 2-4 | min(max(a, b), c) |
||
clampN |
✓ | 2-4 | min(max(a, n), m) |
||
clamp01 |
✓ | _2 - _4 | min(max(a, 0), 1) |
||
clamp11 |
✓ | _2 - _4 | min(max(a, -1), 1) |
||
max |
✓ | 2-4 | max(a, b) |
||
min |
✓ | 2-4 | min(a, b) |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cross |
2, 3 | S2, S3 | 2D version returns scalar | ||
orthoNormal |
3 | ||||
signedArea |
2 |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Cwise | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
dot |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | C4, C6, C8 |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
fit |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
fit01 |
✓ | _2 - _4 | |||
fit11 |
✓ | _2 - _4 | |||
mix |
✓ | 2-4 | S2 - S4 | ||
mixN |
✓ | 2-4 | S2 - S4 | ||
mixBilinear |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
mixCubic |
✓ | ||||
mixQuadratic |
✓ | ||||
smoothStep |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
step |
✓ | 2-4 |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
limit |
✓ | ||||
mag |
✓ | S2-S4 | |||
magSq |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | ||
normalize |
✓ | S2-S4 | w/ opt target length |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
dist |
✓ | ||||
distSq |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
distBrayCurtis |
✓ | ||||
distCanberra |
✓ | ||||
distChebyshev |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
distCosine |
✓ | ||||
distHamming |
✓ | ||||
distHaversineLatLon |
2 | lat/lon coordinates | |||
distHaversineLonLat |
2 | lon/lat coordinates | |||
distJaccard |
✓ | ||||
distManhattan |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
distMinkowski |
✓ | ||||
distSorensenDice |
✓ | ||||
distWeighted |
✓ | ||||
pointOnRay |
✓ | 2-3 | point at distance |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
angleBetween |
2, 3 | ||||
angleRatio |
✓ | ||||
atan_2 |
✓ | 2-4 | Math.atan2(y, x) |
||
bisect |
2 | ||||
cornerBisector |
✓ | ||||
degrees |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
direction |
✓ | normalize(b - a) | |||
faceForward |
✓ | ||||
heading |
✓ | alias headingXY |
|||
headingXY |
✓ | ||||
headingXZ |
✓ | ||||
headingYZ |
✓ | ||||
headingSegment |
✓ | alias headingSegmentXY |
|||
headingSegmentXY |
✓ | ||||
headingSegmentXZ |
✓ | ||||
headingSegmentYZ |
✓ | ||||
normalCCW |
2D only | ||||
normalCW |
2D only | ||||
perpendicularCCW |
2D only | ||||
perpendicularCW |
2D only | ||||
project |
✓ | ||||
radians |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
reflect |
✓ | ||||
refract |
✓ |
(Also see rotation matrices provided by @thi.ng/matrices)
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
rotationAroundAxis |
3 | ||||
rotationAroundPoint |
2 | ||||
rotate |
S2 | alias for rotateZ |
|||
rotateX |
S3 | ||||
rotateY |
S3 | ||||
rotateZ |
S3 |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cartesian |
✓ | 2, 3 | 2D/3D only | ||
polar |
✓ | 2, 3 | 2D/3D only |
All ops support custom PRNG impls based on the
@thi.ng/random
IRandom
interface and use Math.random
by default:
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
jitter |
✓ | ||||
randMinMax |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | ||
randNorm |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | ||
randNormDistrib |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | ||
random |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 | ||
randomDistrib |
✓ | 2-4 | S2-S4 |
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
abs |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
acos |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
asin |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
atan |
✓ | 2-4 | Math.atan(y / x) |
||
ceil |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
cos |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
cosh |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
exp |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
floor |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
fract |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
fromHomogeneous |
✓ | 3, 4 | 3D/4D only | ||
invert |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
invSqrt |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
isInf |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
isNaN |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
log |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
major |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
minor |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
round |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
sign |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
sin |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
sinh |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
sqrt |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
sum |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
tan |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
trunc |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
wrap |
✓ | 2-4 |
Functions to transform flat / strided buffers w/ vector operations:
mapV
/mapVN
/mapVV
/mapVVN
/mapVVV
mean
/median
minBounds
/maxBounds
comparator2
/comparator3
/comparator4
equals
/equals2
/equals3
/equals4
eqDelta
/eqDelta2
/eqDelta3
/eqDelta4
eqDeltaS
eqDeltaArray
Arguments are assumed to be signed / unsigned ints. Results will be forced accordingly.
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
bitAnd |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
bitAndN |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
bitNot |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
bitOr |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
bitOrN |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
bitXor |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
bitXorN |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
lshift |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
rshift |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
lshiftN |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 | |||
rshiftN |
✓ | I2-I4, U2-U4 |
asIVec
(2-4) - signed int vectorasUVec
(2-4) - unsigned int vectorasBVec
(2-4) - boolean vectorfromBVec
(2-4) - coerces each component to 0/1
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
logicAnd |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
logicAndN |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
logicOr |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
logicOrN |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
logicNot |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
every |
✓ | 2-4 | returns boolean |
||
some |
✓ | 2-4 | returns boolean |
||
not |
✓ | 2-4 |
All resulting in boolean vectors:
Function | Generic | Fixed | Strided | Int | Comments |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
eq |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
lt |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
lte |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
gt |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
gte |
✓ | 2-4 | |||
neq |
✓ | 2-4 |
hash
compile
/compileG
/compileGHOF
/compileHOF
defOp
/defOpS
/defFnOp
/defHofOp
defMathNOp
/defMathOp
vop
For more information about the code generator see: