Convex hull

Convex hull is a draft programming task. It is not yet considered ready to be promoted as a complete task, for reasons that should be found in its talk page.

Find the points which form a convex hull from a set of arbitrary two dimensional points.

For example, given the points (16,3), (12,17), (0,6), (-4,-6), (16,6), (16,-7), (16,-3), (17,-4), (5,19), (19,-8), (3,16), (12,13), (3,-4), (17,5), (-3,15), (-3,-9), (0,11), (-9,-3), (-4,-2) and (12,10) the convex hull would be (-9,-3), (-3,-9), (19,-8), (17,5), (12,17), (5,19) and (-3,15).

Go

<lang go>package main

import ( "fmt" "image" "sort" )

// ConvexHull returns the set of points that define the // convex hull of p in CCW order starting from the left most. func (p points) ConvexHull() points { // From https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithm_Implementation/Geometry/Convex_hull/Monotone_chain // with only minor deviations. sort.Sort(p) var h points

// Lower hull for _, pt := range p { for len(h) >= 2 && !ccw(h[len(h)-2], h[len(h)-1], pt) { h = h[:len(h)-1] } h = append(h, pt) }

// Upper hull for i, t := len(p)-2, len(h)+1; i >= 0; i-- { pt := p[i] for len(h) >= t && !ccw(h[len(h)-2], h[len(h)-1], pt) { h = h[:len(h)-1] } h = append(h, pt) }

return h[:len(h)-1] }

// ccw returns true if the three points make a counter-clockwise turn func ccw(a, b, c image.Point) bool { return ((b.X - a.X) * (c.Y - a.Y)) > ((b.Y - a.Y) * (c.X - a.X)) }

type points []image.Point

func (p points) Len() int { return len(p) } func (p points) Swap(i, j int) { p[i], p[j] = p[j], p[i] } func (p points) Less(i, j int) bool { if p[i].X == p[j].X { return p[i].Y < p[i].Y } return p[i].X < p[j].X }

func main() { pts := points{ {16, 3}, {12, 17}, {0, 6}, {-4, -6}, {16, 6}, {16, -7}, {16, -3}, {17, -4}, {5, 19}, {19, -8}, {3, 16}, {12, 13}, {3, -4}, {17, 5}, {-3, 15}, {-3, -9}, {0, 11}, {-9, -3}, {-4, -2}, {12, 10}, } hull := pts.ConvexHull() fmt.Println("Convex Hull:", hull) }</lang>

Output:

Convex Hull: [(-9,-3) (-3,-9) (19,-8) (17,5) (12,17) (5,19) (-3,15)]

J

Restated from the implementation at http://kukuruku.co/hub/funcprog/introduction-to-j-programming-language-2004 which in turn is a translation of http://dr-klm.livejournal.com/42312.html

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Example use:

<lang J> hull 16j3 12j17 0j6 _4j_6 16j6 16j_7 16j_3 17j_4 5j19 19j_8 3j16 12j13 3j_4 17j5 _3j15 _3j_9 0j11 _9j_3 _4j_2 12j10 _9j_3 _3j_9 19j_8 17j5 12j17 5j19 _3j15</lang>