enhance description and add small ascii plot

- also make one vector larger in order to make clear from example
  that the length of the vectors does not matter
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Jonas Pleyer 2024-06-13 16:53:37 +02:00
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@ -2116,14 +2116,24 @@ impl<T: crate::SimdRealField + SimdPartialOrd + ClosedMul, R: Dim, C: Dim, S: Ra
{
/// Calculate the right-handed angle between two vectors in radians.
///
/// This function always yields a positive result `x` between `0.0` and `2.0*PI`.
/// This function is very different to the [angle] function.
/// It always yields a positive result `x` between `0.0` and `2.0*PI` and is only applicable
/// for 2D vectors.
/// In the following example, we calculate the right-handed angle between the following two
/// vectors.
/// ```ignore
/// p
/// │
/// │
/// └─────── q
/// ```
/// Note that the order in which the arguments are executed plays an important role.
/// Furthermore, we can see that the sum of both results `PI/2.0` and `3.0*PI/2.0` add up to a
/// total of `2.0*PI`.
/// ```
/// # use nalgebra::Vector2;
/// let p = Vector2::from([0.0, 1.0]);
/// let q = Vector2::from([1.0, 0.0]);
/// let q = Vector2::from([2.0, 0.0]);
///
/// let abs_diff1 = (p.angle_right_handed(&q) - std::f64::consts::FRAC_PI_2).abs();
/// let abs_diff2 = (q.angle_right_handed(&p) - 3.0 * std::f64::consts::FRAC_PI_2).abs();