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geom2d
by David Legland Geometry library for matlab. Performs geometric computations on points, lines, circles, polygons...
circleToPolygon(circle, varargin)
function varargout = circleToPolygon(circle, varargin)
%CIRCLETOPOLYGON Convert a circle into a series of points
%
% P = circleToPolygon(CIRCLE, N);
% convert circle given as [x0 y0 r], where x0 and y0 are coordinate of
% center, and r is the radius, into an array of [(N+1)x2] double,
% containing x and y values of points.
% The polygon is closed
%
% P = circleToPolygon(CIRCLE);
% uses a default value of N=64 points
%
% Example
% circle = circleToPolygon([10 0 5], 16);
% figure;
% drawPolygon(circle);
%
% See also:
% circles2d, polygons2d, circleArcToPolyline, ellipseToPolygon
%
%
% ---------
% author : David Legland
% created the 06/04/2005.
% Copyright 2010 INRA - Cepia Software Platform.
%
% HISTORY
% 2007-04-20 return a closed polygon with N+1 vertices, use default N=64
% 2011-12-09 rename to 'circleToPolygon'
% determines number of points
N = 64;
if ~isempty(varargin)
N = varargin{1};
end
% create circle
t = linspace(0, 2*pi, N+1)';
x = circle(1) + circle(3) * cos(t);
y = circle(2) + circle(3) * sin(t);
if nargout == 1
varargout{1} = [x y];
elseif nargout == 2
varargout{1} = x;
varargout{2} = y;
end