polylinelen.m

function [len, node, inputreversed]=polylinelen(node, p0, p1, pmid)
%
% [len, node, inputreversed]=polylinelen(node, p0, p1, pmid)
%
% Calculate the polyline line segment length vector in sequential order
%
% author: Qianqian Fang (q.fang at neu.edu)
%
% input:
%    node: an N x 3 array defining each vertex of the polyline in
%          sequential order
%    p0:(optional) a given node to define the start of the polyline, if not
%         defined, start position is assumed to be 1st node
%    p1:(optional) a given node to define the end of the polyline, if not
%         defined, end position is assumed to be last node
%    pmid:(optional) a given node sits between p0 and p1, if not
%         defined, index of the middle (floored) node is used
%
% output:
%    len: the length of each segment between the start and the end points
%    node: the node list between the start and end points of the polyline
%    inputreversed: if 1, the input node is reversed from p0 to pmid to p1
%
%
% -- this function is part of brain2mesh toolbox (http://mcx.space/brain2mesh)
%    License: GPL v3 or later, see LICENSE.txt for details
%

if(nargin<3)
    p1=size(node,1);
    if(nargin<2)
        p0=1;
    end
end

if(nargin<4)
    pmid=floor((p0+p1)*0.5);
end

if(size(p0,2)==3)
    p0=closestnode(node,p0);
end
if(size(p1,2)==3)
    p1=closestnode(node,p1);
end
if(size(pmid,2)==3)
    pmid=closestnode(node,pmid);
end

if(p0<pmid && pmid<p1)
    inputreversed=0;
    node=node(p0:p1,:);
elseif(p0<pmid && p1<pmid)
    inputreversed=(min(p0,p1) == p0);
    node=node([min(p0,p1):-1:1 end:-1:max(p0,p1)],:);
    if(~inputreversed)
        node=flipud(node);
    end
elseif(p0>pmid && pmid>p1)
    inputreversed=1;
    node=node(p0:-1:p1,:);
elseif(p0>pmid && p1>pmid)
    inputreversed=(max(p0,p1) == p1);
    node=node([max(p0,p1):end 1:min(p0,p1)],:);
    if(inputreversed)
        node=flipud(node);
    end
end

len=node(1:end-1,:) - node(2:end,:);
len=sqrt(sum(len.*len,2));