C: How to wrap a float to the interval [-pi, pi)

Question

I\'m looking for some nice C code that will accomplish effectively:

while (deltaPhase >= M_PI) deltaPhase -= M_TWOPI;
while (deltaPhase < -M_PI) deltaP         


        

Answer 1

A two-liner, non-iterative, tested solution for normalizing arbitrary angles to [-π, π):

double normalizeAngle(double angle)
{
    double a = fmod(angle + M_PI, 2 * M_PI);
    return a >= 0 ? (a - M_PI) : (a + M_PI);
}

Similarly, for [0, 2π):

double normalizeAngle(double angle)
{
    double a = fmod(angle, 2 * M_PI);
    return a >= 0 ? a : (a + 2 * M_PI);
}