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Check if a point is right or left of another one in TikZ
Extract x, y coordinate of an arbitrary point in TikZRotate a node but not its content: the case of the ellipse decorationNumerical conditional within tikz keys?TikZ: Drawing an arc from an intersection to an intersectionDrawing rectilinear curves in Tikz, aka an Etch-a-Sketch drawingReferencing locations within a text boxLine up nested tikz enviroments or how to get rid of themTikz-qtree : graphs in the nodesHow to draw more than 8 edges to one node in tikz-er2Using tikz Calc package to add cordinatesIn Tikz is there a way to make Tikz images begin “exactly” at the leftmost point in the page?
Trying to implement a handy way to check if a TikZ
point is right or left of another one, I came up with the following MWE.
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
makeatletter
% prints 1 if #1.center is right than #2.center, 0 otherwise
newcommandisRight[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center
pgfmathparsegreater(pgf@x,0)pgfmathresult
% 1 if #1.center is left than #2.center, 0 otherwise -> result in pgfmathresult
newcommandcheckIfLeft[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center%
pgfmathparseless(pgf@x,0)
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
checkIfLeftAB
ifnumpgfmathresult=1
node at (0.5,1)A is left of B;
fi
%ifnumisRightBA=1
% node at (0.5,-1)B is right of A;
%fi
endtikzpicture
enddocument
but I am quite unsatisfied with it. What I would like to have is something that may be used in a ifnum ... fi
construct, as in the commented code (and I would like not to use packages beyond what pgf
loads).
Here my questions:
- In the commented code, what is exactly happening in the
ifnum
expansion, which makes the compilation fail? - How can I fix the
isRight
command in order to be able to use it together withifnum
? - If question 2 is tricky, how can I affect the
ifnum
expansion to achieve what I wish? - Is there in
pgf
a smarter/more straightforward way to check if aTikZ
point is left/right of another point? My final goal would be to draw something only if a point is right/left of another.
Bonus question:
- How (and where) is
pdfstrcmp
implemented, since it is harmless to use it in aifnum ... fi
construct?
tikz-pgf expansion
add a comment |
Trying to implement a handy way to check if a TikZ
point is right or left of another one, I came up with the following MWE.
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
makeatletter
% prints 1 if #1.center is right than #2.center, 0 otherwise
newcommandisRight[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center
pgfmathparsegreater(pgf@x,0)pgfmathresult
% 1 if #1.center is left than #2.center, 0 otherwise -> result in pgfmathresult
newcommandcheckIfLeft[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center%
pgfmathparseless(pgf@x,0)
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
checkIfLeftAB
ifnumpgfmathresult=1
node at (0.5,1)A is left of B;
fi
%ifnumisRightBA=1
% node at (0.5,-1)B is right of A;
%fi
endtikzpicture
enddocument
but I am quite unsatisfied with it. What I would like to have is something that may be used in a ifnum ... fi
construct, as in the commented code (and I would like not to use packages beyond what pgf
loads).
Here my questions:
- In the commented code, what is exactly happening in the
ifnum
expansion, which makes the compilation fail? - How can I fix the
isRight
command in order to be able to use it together withifnum
? - If question 2 is tricky, how can I affect the
ifnum
expansion to achieve what I wish? - Is there in
pgf
a smarter/more straightforward way to check if aTikZ
point is left/right of another point? My final goal would be to draw something only if a point is right/left of another.
Bonus question:
- How (and where) is
pdfstrcmp
implemented, since it is harmless to use it in aifnum ... fi
construct?
tikz-pgf expansion
your commands are not expandable (they assign a number to pgfmathresult) and will never work in a ifnum.pdfstrcmp
is a primitive.
– Ulrike Fischer
9 hours ago
Thanks for the comment. I find it a bit cryptic, though. Do you want to say that I should give up and what I got so far is the best I can have? The fact thatpdfstrcmp
is a primitive clarifies why I was not finding its implementation... I should have had a look to thepdftex
manual before.
– Axel Krypton
8 hours ago
You will have to give up one part - either ifnum or pgfmath commands. You could implement something working with ifnum by using e.g. zrefsavepos (needs two compilations) but not with pgfmathparse.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
add a comment |
Trying to implement a handy way to check if a TikZ
point is right or left of another one, I came up with the following MWE.
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
makeatletter
% prints 1 if #1.center is right than #2.center, 0 otherwise
newcommandisRight[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center
pgfmathparsegreater(pgf@x,0)pgfmathresult
% 1 if #1.center is left than #2.center, 0 otherwise -> result in pgfmathresult
newcommandcheckIfLeft[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center%
pgfmathparseless(pgf@x,0)
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
checkIfLeftAB
ifnumpgfmathresult=1
node at (0.5,1)A is left of B;
fi
%ifnumisRightBA=1
% node at (0.5,-1)B is right of A;
%fi
endtikzpicture
enddocument
but I am quite unsatisfied with it. What I would like to have is something that may be used in a ifnum ... fi
construct, as in the commented code (and I would like not to use packages beyond what pgf
loads).
Here my questions:
- In the commented code, what is exactly happening in the
ifnum
expansion, which makes the compilation fail? - How can I fix the
isRight
command in order to be able to use it together withifnum
? - If question 2 is tricky, how can I affect the
ifnum
expansion to achieve what I wish? - Is there in
pgf
a smarter/more straightforward way to check if aTikZ
point is left/right of another point? My final goal would be to draw something only if a point is right/left of another.
Bonus question:
- How (and where) is
pdfstrcmp
implemented, since it is harmless to use it in aifnum ... fi
construct?
tikz-pgf expansion
Trying to implement a handy way to check if a TikZ
point is right or left of another one, I came up with the following MWE.
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
makeatletter
% prints 1 if #1.center is right than #2.center, 0 otherwise
newcommandisRight[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center
pgfmathparsegreater(pgf@x,0)pgfmathresult
% 1 if #1.center is left than #2.center, 0 otherwise -> result in pgfmathresult
newcommandcheckIfLeft[2]
%pgfpointdiffab gives b-a
pgfpointdiffpgfpointanchor#2centerpgfpointanchor#1center%
pgfmathparseless(pgf@x,0)
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
checkIfLeftAB
ifnumpgfmathresult=1
node at (0.5,1)A is left of B;
fi
%ifnumisRightBA=1
% node at (0.5,-1)B is right of A;
%fi
endtikzpicture
enddocument
but I am quite unsatisfied with it. What I would like to have is something that may be used in a ifnum ... fi
construct, as in the commented code (and I would like not to use packages beyond what pgf
loads).
Here my questions:
- In the commented code, what is exactly happening in the
ifnum
expansion, which makes the compilation fail? - How can I fix the
isRight
command in order to be able to use it together withifnum
? - If question 2 is tricky, how can I affect the
ifnum
expansion to achieve what I wish? - Is there in
pgf
a smarter/more straightforward way to check if aTikZ
point is left/right of another point? My final goal would be to draw something only if a point is right/left of another.
Bonus question:
- How (and where) is
pdfstrcmp
implemented, since it is harmless to use it in aifnum ... fi
construct?
tikz-pgf expansion
tikz-pgf expansion
asked 10 hours ago
Axel KryptonAxel Krypton
475211
475211
your commands are not expandable (they assign a number to pgfmathresult) and will never work in a ifnum.pdfstrcmp
is a primitive.
– Ulrike Fischer
9 hours ago
Thanks for the comment. I find it a bit cryptic, though. Do you want to say that I should give up and what I got so far is the best I can have? The fact thatpdfstrcmp
is a primitive clarifies why I was not finding its implementation... I should have had a look to thepdftex
manual before.
– Axel Krypton
8 hours ago
You will have to give up one part - either ifnum or pgfmath commands. You could implement something working with ifnum by using e.g. zrefsavepos (needs two compilations) but not with pgfmathparse.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
add a comment |
your commands are not expandable (they assign a number to pgfmathresult) and will never work in a ifnum.pdfstrcmp
is a primitive.
– Ulrike Fischer
9 hours ago
Thanks for the comment. I find it a bit cryptic, though. Do you want to say that I should give up and what I got so far is the best I can have? The fact thatpdfstrcmp
is a primitive clarifies why I was not finding its implementation... I should have had a look to thepdftex
manual before.
– Axel Krypton
8 hours ago
You will have to give up one part - either ifnum or pgfmath commands. You could implement something working with ifnum by using e.g. zrefsavepos (needs two compilations) but not with pgfmathparse.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
your commands are not expandable (they assign a number to pgfmathresult) and will never work in a ifnum.
pdfstrcmp
is a primitive.– Ulrike Fischer
9 hours ago
your commands are not expandable (they assign a number to pgfmathresult) and will never work in a ifnum.
pdfstrcmp
is a primitive.– Ulrike Fischer
9 hours ago
Thanks for the comment. I find it a bit cryptic, though. Do you want to say that I should give up and what I got so far is the best I can have? The fact that
pdfstrcmp
is a primitive clarifies why I was not finding its implementation... I should have had a look to the pdftex
manual before.– Axel Krypton
8 hours ago
Thanks for the comment. I find it a bit cryptic, though. Do you want to say that I should give up and what I got so far is the best I can have? The fact that
pdfstrcmp
is a primitive clarifies why I was not finding its implementation... I should have had a look to the pdftex
manual before.– Axel Krypton
8 hours ago
You will have to give up one part - either ifnum or pgfmath commands. You could implement something working with ifnum by using e.g. zrefsavepos (needs two compilations) but not with pgfmathparse.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
You will have to give up one part - either ifnum or pgfmath commands. You could implement something working with ifnum by using e.g. zrefsavepos (needs two compilations) but not with pgfmathparse.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago
add a comment |
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How about
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
tikzsetif left/.style n args=4insert path=%
let p1=($#1-#2$) in ifdimx1<0pt
#3
else
#4
fi
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
path[if left=(A)(B)(0.5,1) node A is left of B];
path[if left=(B)(A)(0.5,-1) node B is left of A];
endtikzpicture
enddocument
add a comment |
Here is some low level code based on this answer that do not use calc
.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]standalone
newififleft
makeatletter
defisleft(#1)of(#2)?%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#1)relax%
pgf@xa=pgf@x%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#2)relax%
ifdimpgf@xa<pgf@xrelaxlefttrueelseleftfalsefi
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture[nodes=circle]
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (2,1) right of A;
isleft(A)of(B)?
path (A) ifleft edge[latex-] (B) else edge[-latex] (B) fi ;
foreach~in1,...,70
path[ultra thin] (180*rand:1) coordinate(N)
pgfextraisleft(N)of(A)?
ifleft [red] else [blue] fi node[scale=2].
(N) ifleft edge[latex-] (A) else edge[-latex] (A) fi;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
add a comment |
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How about
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
tikzsetif left/.style n args=4insert path=%
let p1=($#1-#2$) in ifdimx1<0pt
#3
else
#4
fi
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
path[if left=(A)(B)(0.5,1) node A is left of B];
path[if left=(B)(A)(0.5,-1) node B is left of A];
endtikzpicture
enddocument
add a comment |
How about
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
tikzsetif left/.style n args=4insert path=%
let p1=($#1-#2$) in ifdimx1<0pt
#3
else
#4
fi
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
path[if left=(A)(B)(0.5,1) node A is left of B];
path[if left=(B)(A)(0.5,-1) node B is left of A];
endtikzpicture
enddocument
add a comment |
How about
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
tikzsetif left/.style n args=4insert path=%
let p1=($#1-#2$) in ifdimx1<0pt
#3
else
#4
fi
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
path[if left=(A)(B)(0.5,1) node A is left of B];
path[if left=(B)(A)(0.5,-1) node B is left of A];
endtikzpicture
enddocument
How about
documentclass[border=1mm, tikz]standalone
usetikzlibrarycalc
tikzsetif left/.style n args=4insert path=%
let p1=($#1-#2$) in ifdimx1<0pt
#3
else
#4
fi
begindocument
begintikzpicture
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (1,0) B;
path[if left=(A)(B)(0.5,1) node A is left of B];
path[if left=(B)(A)(0.5,-1) node B is left of A];
endtikzpicture
enddocument
answered 8 hours ago
marmotmarmot
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Here is some low level code based on this answer that do not use calc
.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]standalone
newififleft
makeatletter
defisleft(#1)of(#2)?%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#1)relax%
pgf@xa=pgf@x%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#2)relax%
ifdimpgf@xa<pgf@xrelaxlefttrueelseleftfalsefi
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture[nodes=circle]
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (2,1) right of A;
isleft(A)of(B)?
path (A) ifleft edge[latex-] (B) else edge[-latex] (B) fi ;
foreach~in1,...,70
path[ultra thin] (180*rand:1) coordinate(N)
pgfextraisleft(N)of(A)?
ifleft [red] else [blue] fi node[scale=2].
(N) ifleft edge[latex-] (A) else edge[-latex] (A) fi;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
add a comment |
Here is some low level code based on this answer that do not use calc
.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]standalone
newififleft
makeatletter
defisleft(#1)of(#2)?%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#1)relax%
pgf@xa=pgf@x%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#2)relax%
ifdimpgf@xa<pgf@xrelaxlefttrueelseleftfalsefi
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture[nodes=circle]
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (2,1) right of A;
isleft(A)of(B)?
path (A) ifleft edge[latex-] (B) else edge[-latex] (B) fi ;
foreach~in1,...,70
path[ultra thin] (180*rand:1) coordinate(N)
pgfextraisleft(N)of(A)?
ifleft [red] else [blue] fi node[scale=2].
(N) ifleft edge[latex-] (A) else edge[-latex] (A) fi;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
add a comment |
Here is some low level code based on this answer that do not use calc
.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]standalone
newififleft
makeatletter
defisleft(#1)of(#2)?%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#1)relax%
pgf@xa=pgf@x%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#2)relax%
ifdimpgf@xa<pgf@xrelaxlefttrueelseleftfalsefi
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture[nodes=circle]
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (2,1) right of A;
isleft(A)of(B)?
path (A) ifleft edge[latex-] (B) else edge[-latex] (B) fi ;
foreach~in1,...,70
path[ultra thin] (180*rand:1) coordinate(N)
pgfextraisleft(N)of(A)?
ifleft [red] else [blue] fi node[scale=2].
(N) ifleft edge[latex-] (A) else edge[-latex] (A) fi;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
Here is some low level code based on this answer that do not use calc
.
documentclass[tikz,border=7pt]standalone
newififleft
makeatletter
defisleft(#1)of(#2)?%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#1)relax%
pgf@xa=pgf@x%
tikz@scan@one@pointpgfutil@firstofone(#2)relax%
ifdimpgf@xa<pgf@xrelaxlefttrueelseleftfalsefi
makeatother
begindocument
begintikzpicture[nodes=circle]
node[draw] (A) at (0,0) A;
node[draw] (B) at (2,1) right of A;
isleft(A)of(B)?
path (A) ifleft edge[latex-] (B) else edge[-latex] (B) fi ;
foreach~in1,...,70
path[ultra thin] (180*rand:1) coordinate(N)
pgfextraisleft(N)of(A)?
ifleft [red] else [blue] fi node[scale=2].
(N) ifleft edge[latex-] (A) else edge[-latex] (A) fi;
endtikzpicture
enddocument
edited 2 hours ago
answered 4 hours ago
KpymKpym
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your commands are not expandable (they assign a number to pgfmathresult) and will never work in a ifnum.
pdfstrcmp
is a primitive.– Ulrike Fischer
9 hours ago
Thanks for the comment. I find it a bit cryptic, though. Do you want to say that I should give up and what I got so far is the best I can have? The fact that
pdfstrcmp
is a primitive clarifies why I was not finding its implementation... I should have had a look to thepdftex
manual before.– Axel Krypton
8 hours ago
You will have to give up one part - either ifnum or pgfmath commands. You could implement something working with ifnum by using e.g. zrefsavepos (needs two compilations) but not with pgfmathparse.
– Ulrike Fischer
8 hours ago