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This type descriptor has been exposed for destructuring -via Guile’s <code>(ice-9 match)</code> module. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-make_002dquaternion"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>make-quaternion</strong> <em><var>v</var> <var>theta</var></em></dt> -<dt><a name="index-make_002dquaternion-1"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>make-quaternion</strong> <em><var>w</var> <var>x</var> <var>y</var> <var>z</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Create a new quaternion from an axis angle (a 3D vector <var>v</var> plus -an angle <var>theta</var>) or from individual coordinates <var>w</var>, <var>x</var>, -<var>y</var>, and <var>z</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>quaternion</strong> <em><var>v</var> <var>theta</var></em></dt> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion-1"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>quaternion</strong> <em><var>w</var> <var>x</var> <var>y</var> <var>z</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Alternate spelling of <code>make-quaternion</code>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_003f"></a>Scheme Syntax: <strong>quaternion?</strong> <em><var>obj</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return <code>#t</code> if <var>obj</var> is a quaternion. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002dw"></a>Scheme Syntax: <strong>quaternion-w</strong> <em><var>q</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return the w coordinate of the quaternion <var>q</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002dx"></a>Scheme Syntax: <strong>quaternion-x</strong> <em><var>q</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return the x coordinate of the quaternion <var>q</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002dy"></a>Scheme Syntax: <strong>quaternion-y</strong> <em><var>q</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return the y coordinate of the quaternion <var>q</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002dz"></a>Scheme Syntax: <strong>quaternion-z</strong> <em><var>q</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return the z coordinate of the quaternion <var>q</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-identity_002dquaternion"></a>Scheme Variable: <strong>identity-quaternion</strong></dt> -<dd><p>The multiplicative identity quaternion. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-null_002dquaternion"></a>Scheme Variable: <strong>null-quaternion</strong></dt> -<dd><p>A quaternion with all fields set to zero. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002a"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>quaternion*</strong> <em>. <var>quaternions</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return the product of all <var>quaternions</var>. Return -<code>identity-quaternion</code> if called without arguments. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002dslerp"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>quaternion-slerp</strong> <em><var>q1</var> <var>q2</var> <var>delta</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Perform a spherical linear interpolation of the quaternions <var>q1</var> -and <var>q2</var> and blending factor <var>delta</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002dmagnitude"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>quaternion-magnitude</strong> <em><var>q</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return the magnitude of the quaternion <var>q</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002dnormalize"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>quaternion-normalize</strong> <em><var>q</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Return the normalized form of the quaternion <var>q</var>. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-vector_002d_003equaternion"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>vector->quaternion</strong> <em><var>v</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Convert the 4D vector <var>v</var> to a quaternion. -</p></dd></dl> - -<dl> -<dt><a name="index-quaternion_002d_003evector"></a>Scheme Procedure: <strong>quaternion->vector</strong> <em><var>q</var></em></dt> -<dd><p>Convert the quaternion <var>q</var> to a 4D vector. -</p></dd></dl> - -<hr> -<div class="header"> -<p> -Next: <a href="Miscellaneous.html#Miscellaneous" accesskey="n" rel="next">Miscellaneous</a>, Previous: <a href="Tweens.html#Tweens" accesskey="p" rel="prev">Tweens</a>, Up: <a href="Math.html#Math" accesskey="u" rel="up">Math</a> [<a href="index.html#SEC_Contents" title="Table of contents" rel="contents">Contents</a>][<a href="Index.html#Index" title="Index" rel="index">Index</a>]</p> -</div> - - - -</body> -</html> |