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Geometry::Primitive::Line(3pm) User Contributed Perl Documentation Geometry::Primitive::Line(3pm)
 

NAME

Geometry::Primitive::Line - A Line

DESCRIPTION

Geometry::Primitive::Line represents a straight curve defined by two points.

SYNOPSIS

  use Geometry::Primitive::Line;
  my $line = Geometry::Primitive::Line->new();
  $line->start($point1);
  $line->end($point2);

ATTRIBUTES

end

Set/Get the end point of the line.

start

Set/Get the start point of the line.

METHODS

new

Creates a new Geometry::Primitive::Line

contains_point

Returns true if the supplied point is 'on' the line. Accepts either a point object or an x y pair.

grow

Does nothing, as I'm not sure how. Patches or hints welcome.

is_parallel ($other_line)

Returns true if the supplied line is parallel to this one.

is_perpendicular ($other_line)

Returns true if the supplied line is perpendicular to this one.

length

Get the length of the line.

point_end

Get the end point. Provided for Shape role.

point_start

Get the start point. Provided for Shape role.

scale

Does nothing at the moment.

slope

Get the slope of the line.

to_string

Guess!

y_intercept

Returns the Y intercept of this line.

AUTHOR

Cory Watson <gphat@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

You can redistribute and/or modify this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
2014-01-25 perl v5.18.2