GLKVector3 Reference

Overview

The GLKVector3 type defines a 3-component floating-point vector as well as many mathematical operations commonly used to manipulate vectors. Graphics programming uses vectors extensively to represent positions, normals, colors and other data structures.

The functions that manipulate GLKVector3 structures treat the inputs as immutable, instead returning a new vector that represent the results of the operation.

Functions by Task

Creating Vectors

• GLKVector3Make
• GLKVector3MakeWithArray

Retrieving Information About a Vector

• GLKVector3Length
• GLKVector3Distance

Mathematical Operations Performed on Vectors

• GLKVector3Negate
• GLKVector3Normalize
• GLKVector3AddScalar
• GLKVector3SubtractScalar
• GLKVector3MultiplyScalar
• GLKVector3DivideScalar
• GLKVector3Add
• GLKVector3Subtract
• GLKVector3Multiply
• GLKVector3Divide
• GLKVector3DotProduct
• GLKVector3CrossProduct
• GLKVector3Lerp
• GLKVector3Project
• GLKVector3Maximum
• GLKVector3Minimum

Comparison Operations

• GLKVector3AllEqualToScalar
• GLKVector3AllEqualToVector3
• GLKVector3AllGreaterThanOrEqualToScalar
• GLKVector3AllGreaterThanOrEqualToVector3
• GLKVector3AllGreaterThanScalar
• GLKVector3AllGreaterThanVector3

Functions

GLKVector3Add

Returns the sum of two vectors.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Add (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3AddScalar

Returns a new vector created by adding a scalar value to each component of a vector.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3AddScalar (
   GLKVector3 vector,
   float value
);

GLKVector3AllEqualToScalar

Returns a Boolean value that states whether all the components of the source vector are equal to a scalar value.

bool GLKVector3AllEqualToScalar (
   GLKVector3 vector,
   float value
);

GLKVector3AllEqualToVector3

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether each component of the first vector is equal to the corresponding component of a second vector.

bool GLKVector3AllEqualToVector3 (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3AllGreaterThanOrEqualToScalar

Returns a Boolean value that states whether all the components of the source vector are greater than or equal to a scalar value.

bool GLKVector3AllGreaterThanOrEqualToScalar (
   GLKVector3 vector,
   float value
);

GLKVector3AllGreaterThanOrEqualToVector3

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether each component of the first vector is greater than or equal to the corresponding component of a second vector.

bool GLKVector3AllGreaterThanOrEqualToVector3 (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3AllGreaterThanScalar

Returns a Boolean value that states whether all the components of the source vector are greater than a scalar value.

bool GLKVector3AllGreaterThanScalar (
   GLKVector3 vector,
   float value
);

GLKVector3AllGreaterThanVector3

Returns a Boolean value that indicates whether each component of the first vector is greater than the corresponding component of a second vector.

bool GLKVector3AllGreaterThanVector3 (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3CrossProduct

Returns the cross product of two vectors.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3CrossProduct (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3Distance

Returns the distance between two points.

float GLKVector3Distance (
   GLKVector3 vectorStart,
   GLKVector3 vectorEnd
);

GLKVector3Divide

Returns a new vector created by dividing one vector by another.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Divide (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3DivideScalar

Returns a new vector created by dividing each component of a vector by a scalar value.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3DivideScalar (
   GLKVector3 vector,
   float value
);

GLKVector3DotProduct

Returns the dot product of two vectors.

float GLKVector3DotProduct (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3Length

Returns the length of a vector.

float GLKVector3Length (
   GLKVector3 vector
);

GLKVector3Lerp

Returns a new vector created by linearly interpreting between two vectors.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Lerp (
   GLKVector3 vectorStart,
   GLKVector3 vectorEnd,
   float t
);

GLKVector3Make

Returns a new three-component vector created from individual component values.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Make (
   float x,
   float y,
   float z
);

GLKVector3MakeWithArray

Returns a new three-component vector created from an array of components.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3MakeWithArray (
   float values[3]
);

GLKVector3Maximum

Returns a new vector whose component value at each position is the largest component value at the same position in the source vectors.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Maximum (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3Minimum

Returns a new vector whose component value at each position is the smallest component value at the same position in the source vectors.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Minimum (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3Multiply

Returns the product of two vectors.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Multiply (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3MultiplyScalar

Returns a new vector created by multiplying each component of a vector by a scalar value.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3MultiplyScalar (
   GLKVector3 vector,
   float value
);

GLKVector3Negate

Returns a new vector created by negating the component values of another vector.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Negate (
   GLKVector3 vector
);

GLKVector3Normalize

Returns a new vector created by normalizing the input vector to a length of 1.0.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Normalize (
   GLKVector3 vector
);

GLKVector3Project

Returns a new vector created by projecting a vector onto another vector.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Project (
   GLKVector3 vectorToProject,
   GLKVector3 projectionVector
);

GLKVector3Subtract

Returns the difference between two vectors.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3Subtract (
   GLKVector3 vectorLeft,
   GLKVector3 vectorRight
);

GLKVector3SubtractScalar

Returns a new vector created by subtracting a scalar value from each component of a vector.

GLKVector3 GLKVector3SubtractScalar (
   GLKVector3 vector,
   float value
);

Data Types

GLKVector3

A representation of a 3-component vector.

union _GLKVector3
   {
   struct { float x, y, z; };
   struct { float r, g, b; };
   struct { float s, t, p; };
      float v[3];
};
typedef union _GLKVector3 GLKVector3;

Fields

x

The first component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to a position or a normal.

y

The second component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to a position or a normal.

z

The third component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to a position or a normal.

r

The first component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to a color value.

g

The second component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to a color value.

b

The third component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to a color value.

s

The first component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to texture coordinates.

t

The second component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to texture coordinates.

p

The third component in the vector. Typically used when the vector refers to texture coordinates.

v

The elements of the vector expressed as an array.