Add vector.to_string and vector.from_string (#10323)

Writing vectors as strings is very common and should belong to `vector.*`. `minetest.pos_to_string` is also too long to write, implies that one should only use it for positions and leaves no spaces after the commas.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/builtin/common/vector.lua b/builtin/common/vector.lua
index b04c12610..2ef8fc617 100644
--- a/builtin/common/vector.lua
+++ b/builtin/common/vector.lua
@@ -12,6 +12,22 @@ function vector.new(a, b, c)
 	return {x=0, y=0, z=0}
 end
 
+function vector.from_string(s, init)
+	local x, y, z, np = string.match(s, "^%s*%(%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]" ..
+			"%s*([^%s,]+)%s*[,%s]?%s*%)()", init)
+	x = tonumber(x)
+	y = tonumber(y)
+	z = tonumber(z)
+	if not (x and y and z) then
+		return nil
+	end
+	return {x = x, y = y, z = z}, np
+end
+
+function vector.to_string(v)
+	return string.format("(%g, %g, %g)", v.x, v.y, v.z)
+end
+
 function vector.equals(a, b)
 	return a.x == b.x and
 	       a.y == b.y and