How to find angle between two lines?

For example, there is line L1 between two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2). Another line L2 between points (x1,y1) and (x3,y3). I want to find the angle between the lines L1, L2. How to find in MATLAB? I think in matlab there is no predefined function which performs the same.

[James Tursa]

https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/101590-how-can-i-determine-the-angle-between-two-vectors-in-matlab

Answer 1

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

A more stable method that what Jos suggested is

v_1 = [x2,y2,0] - [x1,y1,0];
v_2 = [x3,y3,0] - [x1,y1,0];
Theta = atan2(norm(cross(v_1, v_2)), dot(v_1, v_2));

HTH

[Beulah A]

Thanks, This solves my problem.

Answer 2

[Jos (10584)]

Use the dot product between the two vectors (v1 and v2) given by the four x,y pairs points.

Given the formula: dot(v1,v2) = | v1 | x | v2 | x cos(A)

I leave it to you to find the angle A using the matlab functions norm, dot and acos.

More info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot_product

Answer 3

[Bjorn Gustavsson]

Look and you will find.

HTH