/// <summary>
/// Parses the string to quaternion.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>
/// Example: "[1, -2; 3.2, -.13]";
/// The dimension of the vector must be 4.
/// </remarks>
/// <param name="s">Input string</param>
/// <returns>Quaternion</returns>
public static Quaternion32 Parse(string s)
{
string[] cols = StringOptions.Matpar(s);
string[] nums = cols[0].Split('|');
if (cols.Length > 1 || nums.Length != 4)
{
throw new Exception("The input string was in the wrong format");
}
return(new Quaternion32(float.Parse(nums[0]),
float.Parse(nums[1]),
float.Parse(nums[2]),
float.Parse(nums[3])));
}
/// <summary>
/// Parses the string to complex number.
/// <remarks>
/// Example: "1 + 2i", "0.321 + 11i", ".1i".
/// </remarks>
/// </summary>
/// <param name="s">Input string</param>
/// <returns>Text as a sequence of Unicode characters</returns>
public static Complex32 Parse(string s)
{
return(StringOptions.Compar(s));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts quaternion to its corresponding string representation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">Format string</param>
/// <returns>Text as a sequence of Unicode characters</returns>
public string ToString(string format)
{
return(StringOptions.Disp(new float[] { this.X, this.Y, this.Z, this.W }, format, StringOptions.Q));
}
/// <summary>
/// Converts complex number to its corresponding string representation.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">Format string</param>
/// <returns>Text as a sequence of Unicode characters</returns>
public string ToString(string format)
{
return(StringOptions.Disp(new float[] { this.Real, this.Imag }, format, StringOptions.C));
}
