How to order points anti clockwise

Question

Lets take thess points.

pt={{-4.65371,0.1},{-4.68489,0.103169},{-4.78341,0.104834},{-4.83897,0.100757},
{-4.92102,0.0949725},{-4.93456,0.100181},{-4.89166,0.1226         


        

Answer 1

Here's a python function which orders points counterclockwise. It Graham's Scan theorem. I've written it because I misunderstood a homework. It needs optimizing,though.

def order(a):
from math import atan2
arctangents=[]
arctangentsandpoints=[]
arctangentsoriginalsandpoints=[]
arctangentoriginals=[]
centerx=0
centery=0
sortedlist=[]
firstpoint=[]
k=len(a)
for i in a:
    x,y=i[0],i[1]
    centerx+=float(x)/float(k)
    centery+=float(y)/float(k)
for i in a:
    x,y=i[0],i[1]
    arctangentsandpoints+=[[i,atan2(y-centery,x-centerx)]]
    arctangents+=[atan2(y-centery,x-centerx)]
    arctangentsoriginalsandpoints+=[[i,atan2(y,x)]]
    arctangentoriginals+=[atan2(y,x)]
arctangents=sorted(arctangents)
arctangentoriginals=sorted(arctangentoriginals)
for i in arctangents:
    for c in arctangentsandpoints:
        if i==c[1]:
            sortedlist+=[c[0]]
for i in arctangentsoriginalsandpoints:
    if arctangentoriginals[0]==i[1]:
        firstpoint=i[0]
z=sortedlist.index(firstpoint)
m=sortedlist[:z]
sortedlist=sortedlist[z:]
sortedlist.extend(m)
return sortedlist