fitCatEndPts: Get catenary parameters for given endpoints and length

In catenary: Fits a Catenary to Given Points

Description

Takes endpoints in data frame and length and returns parameters of catenary

Usage

fitCatEndPts(endpoints, L)

Arguments

endpoints	2x2 data frame with first column x second column is y
L	length

Value

vector of parameters

Note

February 11 2013

Author(s)

Jono Tuke, Matthew Roughan

Examples

x <- c(-1,1)
y <- c(2,2)
endpoints <- data.frame(x=x,y=y)
L <- 3
fitCatEndPts(endpoints,L)

Example output

Attaching package: 'catenary'

The following object is masked from 'package:methods':

    show

Optim worked
[1] "optim worked"
          c1           c2       lambda 
6.164588e-01 1.309301e-07 3.782554e-01 

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