Class: QgsVector

class qgis.core.QgsVector

Bases: sip.wrapper

Default constructor for QgsVector. Creates a vector with length of 0.0.

QgsVector(x: float, y: float) Constructor for QgsVector taking x and y component values.

Parameters
  • x – x-component

  • y – y-component

QgsVector(QgsVector)

A class to represent a vector. Currently no Z axis / 2.5D support is implemented.

Methods

angle

Returns the angle of the vector in radians.

crossProduct

Returns the 2D cross product of this vector and another vector v.

length

Returns the length of the vector.

lengthSquared

Returns the length of the vector.

normalized

Returns the vector’s normalized (or “unit”) vector (ie same angle but length of 1.0).

perpVector

Returns the perpendicular vector to this vector (rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise)

rotateBy

Rotates the vector by a specified angle.

toString

Returns a string representation of the vector.

x

Returns the vector’s x-component.

y

Returns the vector’s y-component.

angle(self)float

Returns the angle of the vector in radians.

angle(self, v: QgsVector) -> float Returns the angle between this vector and another vector in radians.

Return type

float

crossProduct(self, v: QgsVector)float

Returns the 2D cross product of this vector and another vector v. (This is sometimes referred to as a “perpendicular dot product”, and equals x1 * y1 - y1 * x2).

New in version 3.2.

Parameters

v (QgsVector) –

Return type

float

length(self)float

Returns the length of the vector.

See also

lengthSquared()

Return type

float

lengthSquared(self)float

Returns the length of the vector.

See also

length()

New in version 3.2.

Return type

float

normalized(self)QgsVector

Returns the vector’s normalized (or “unit”) vector (ie same angle but length of 1.0).

Raises

: – py:class:QgsException if called on a vector with length of 0.

Return type

QgsVector

perpVector(self)QgsVector

Returns the perpendicular vector to this vector (rotated 90 degrees counter-clockwise)

Return type

QgsVector

rotateBy(self, rot: float)QgsVector

Rotates the vector by a specified angle.

Parameters

rot (float) – angle in radians

Return type

QgsVector

toString(self, precision: int = 17)str

Returns a string representation of the vector. Members will be truncated to the specified precision.

Parameters

precision (int = 17) –

Return type

str

x(self)float

Returns the vector’s x-component.

See also

y

Return type

float

y(self)float

Returns the vector’s y-component.

See also

x

Return type

float