@woosh/meep-engine/src/core/geom/vec3/v3_angle_atan2_between.js

Pure JavaScript game engine. Fully featured and production ready.

import { v3_dot } from "./v3_dot.js";
import { v3_length } from "./v3_length.js";

/**
 * @see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21483999/using-atan2-to-find-angle-between-two-vectors
 * @param {number} x0
 * @param {number} y0
 * @param {number} z0
 * @param {number} x1
 * @param {number} y1
 * @param {number} z1
 * @returns {number}
 */
export function v3_angle_atan2_between(
    x0, y0, z0,
    x1, y1, z1
) {
    const cx = y0 * z1 - z0 * y1;
    const cy = z0 * x1 - x0 * z1;
    const cz = x0 * y1 - y0 * x1;

    const cross_length = v3_length(cx, cy, cz);

    const d = v3_dot(x0, y0, z0, x1, y1, z1);

    return Math.atan2(cross_length, d);
}