ActionScript 3.0 :: Angle Between Two Vectors - Positive Values
Jun 22, 2011
When I'd like to know the angle between two vectors, sometimes I get negative values (radian or degree). How do you convert them so I always get positive values? Flash seems to have a strange system for calculating angles. I used the following code for doing this, but sometimes I get negative values.
Code:
public function rangedAngleBetween(otherVector:EuclideanVector):Number {
var firstAngle:Number;
var secondAngle:Number;
var angle:Number;
firstAngle = Math.atan2(otherVector.position.y, otherVector.position.x);
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