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

In C99:

float unwindRadians( float radians )
{
   const bool radiansNeedUnwinding = radians < -M_PI || M_PI <= radians;

   if ( radiansNeedUnwinding )
   {
      if ( signbit( radians ) )
      {
         radians = -fmodf( -radians + M_PI, 2.f * M_PI ) + M_PI;
      }
      else
      {
         radians = fmodf( radians + M_PI, 2.f * M_PI ) - M_PI;
      }
   }

   return radians;
}