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C/C++ Program for Convex Hull | Set 1 (Jarvis’s Algorithm or Wrapping).

program solution

// A C++ program to find convex hull of a set of points. 

#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
using namespace std; 

struct Point 

    int x, y; 
}; 

// To find orientation of ordered triplet (p, q, r). 
// The function returns following values 
// 0 --> p, q and r are colinear 
// 1 --> Clockwise 
// 2 --> Counterclockwise 

int orientation(Point p, Point q, Point r) 

    int val = (q.y - p.y) * (r.x - q.x) - 
            (q.x - p.x) * (r.y - q.y); 

    if (val == 0) return 0; // colinear 
    return (val > 0)? 1: 2; // clock or counterclock wise 

// Prints convex hull of a set of n points. 
void convexHull(Point points[], int n) 

    // There must be at least 3 points 
    if (n < 3) return; 

    // Initialize Result 
    vector<Point> hull; 

    // Find the leftmost point 
    int l = 0; 
    for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) 
        if (points[i].x < points[l].x) 
            l = i; 

    // Start from leftmost point, keep moving counterclockwise until reach the start point again. This loop runs O(h) times where h is number of points in result or output. 
    int p = l, q; 
    do
    { 
        // Add current point to result 
        hull.push_back(points[p]); 

        // Search for a point 'q' such that orientation(p, x, q) is counterclockwise for all points 'x'. The idea is to keep track of last visited most counterclock-wise point in q. If any point 'i' is more counterclock-wise than q, then update q. 


        q = (p+1)%n; 
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
        { 
        // If i is more counterclockwise than current q, then update q 
        if (orientation(points[p], points[i], points[q]) == 2) 
            q = i; 
        } 

        // Now q is the most counterclockwise with respect to p. Set p as q for next iteration, so that q is added to result 'hull' 
        p = q; 

    } while (p != l); // While we don't come to first point 

    // Print Result 
    for (int i = 0; i < hull.size(); i++) 
        cout << "(" << hull[i].x << ", " << hull[i].y << ")\n"; 

// Driver program to test above functions 
int main() 

    Point points[] = {{0, 3}, {2, 2}, {1, 1}, {2, 1}, {3, 0}, {0, 0}, {3, 3}}; 
    int n = sizeof(points)/sizeof(points[0]); 
    convexHull(points, n); 
    return 0; 

 

Output

(0, 3)

(0, 0)

(3, 0)

(3, 3)

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