Re: Is there a Module that can handle a set of data points?

I'd go with vector calculus to approach this kind of problems.

A module would need to be able to define vectors as objects and overload operators for addition, subtraction, scalar product and vector product.

There are plenty of modules in the geometry / algebra / math / pdl namespace, not sure which to recommend, personally I might start with my own toy project to play around with overloading.

update

Salva's module looks pretty much how I'd envision it. :)

(though I might ponder about allowing 2d cross products by adding a third 0 component)

Cheers Rolf
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Re^2: Is there a Module that can handle a set of data points? by perlynewby (Scribe) on Nov 13, 2015 at 11:42 UTC
Thanks! I am thinking of adding a little bit more of complexity now that you mentioned it( 3 D.) I will start to play with the Math module...maybe more questions on that later. I appreciate the advice	[reply]
Re^2: Is there a Module that can handle a set of data points? by perlynewby (Scribe) on Nov 13, 2015 at 11:49 UTC
quick question what's the right syntax to have only 3 decimal points for the angle calculation? *$a= atan($ABx/$ACy)(360/pi){3}** output can be like 90.123	[reply]
Re^3: Is there a Module that can handle a set of data points? by hippo (Archbishop) on Nov 13, 2015 at 12:10 UTC
That's the precise example given at the start of the sprintf documentation.	[reply]