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Co-authored-by: Roland Reichwein <Roland.Reichwein@bmw.de>
Co-authored-by: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@etlcpp.com>
Co-authored-by: John Wellbelove <john.wellbelove@etlcpp.co.uk>
2026-06-06 13:12:44 +01:00

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bresenham_line

{{< callout type="info">}} Headers: bresenham_line.h {{< /callout >}}

A 'pseudo' container that generates coordinates on a line between two points using the Bresenham line algorithm.
The class has an STL-like API and is a forward iterator type container.

Note: The iterator only supports pre-increment.

etl::bresenham_line<typename T>

Where T is the coordinate element type.

Member types

value_type              etl::coordinate_2d<T>
size_type               std::size_t
difference_type         std::ptrdiff_t
const_reference         const value_type&
const_pointer           const value_type*
const_iterator          Constant forward iterator

Constructor

etl::bresenham_line<T>();

Description
Default constructor.
Creates an empty line.


etl::bresenham_line<T>(T first_x, T first_y, T last_x, T last_y);

Description
Creates a line from pairs of coordinates.


etl::bresenham_line<T>(const etl::coordinate_2d<T>& first, const etl::coordinate_2d<T>& last);

Description
Creates a line from pairs of coordinates.

Initialisation

void reset(T first_x, T first_y, T last_x, T last_y);

Description
Creates a line from pairs of coordinates.
Overwrites any current coordinates.


void reset(const etl::coordinate_2d<T>& first, const etl::coordinate_2d<T>& last);

Description
Creates a line from pairs of coordinates.
Overwrites any current coordinates.

Element access

const_reference front() const

Return
A const reference to the first coordinate in the line.


const_reference back() const

Return
A const reference to the last coordinate in the line.

Iterators

const_iterator begin()

Return
An iterator to the beginning of the coordinate series.
This will reset the Bresenham line algorithm to the first coordinate.

const_iterator end() const

Return An iterator to the end of the coordinate series.

Capacity

size_t size() const

Return
The number of coordinates in the series.

Non-member functions

== true if the two lines are equal, otherwise false.
!= true if the two lines are not equal, otherwise false.

Examples

Plot pixels on a line

std::ostream& operator << (std::ostream& os, const etl::coordinate_2d<int>& coordinate)
{
  os << "(" << coordinate.x << "," << coordinate.y << ")";
  return os;
}

etl::coordinate_2d<int> first = { -3,  5 };
etl::coordinate_2d<int> last  = {  3, -5 };

etl::bresenham_line<int> line(first, last);

std::cout << "There are " 
          << line.size() 
          << " coordinates between " 
          << line.front() 
          << " and " 
          << line.back();

// Plot the pixels between first and last.
std::for_each(line.begin(), line.end(), PlotPixel);

Create a vector of pixels on a line

etl::coordinate_2d<int> first = { -3,  5 };
etl::coordinate_2d<int> last  = {  3, -5 };

etl::bresenham_line<int> line(first, last);

std::vector<etl::coordinate_2d<int>> coordinates;

// Create the vector of points on the line between first and last.
std::copy(line.begin(), line.end(), std::back_inserter(coordinates));