Normalise orientation between 0 and 360

Question

I\'m working on a simple rotate routine which normalizes an objects rotation between 0 and 360 degrees. My C# code seems to be working but I\'m not entirely happy with it. Can a

Answer 1

This is one that normalizes to any range. Useful for normalizing between [-180,180], [0,180] or [0,360].

( it's in C++ though )

// Normalizes any number to an arbitrary range 
// by assuming the range wraps around when going below min or above max 
double normalize( const double value, const double start, const double end ) 
{
  const double width       = end - start   ;   // 
  const double offsetValue = value - start ;   // value relative to 0

  return ( offsetValue - ( floor( offsetValue / width ) * width ) ) + start ;
  // + start to reset back to start of original range
}

For ints

// Normalizes any number to an arbitrary range 
// by assuming the range wraps around when going below min or above max 
int normalize( const int value, const int start, const int end ) 
{
  const int width       = end - start   ;   // 
  const int offsetValue = value - start ;   // value relative to 0

  return ( offsetValue - ( ( offsetValue / width ) * width ) ) + start ;
  // + start to reset back to start of original range
}

So basically the same but without the floor. The version I personally use is a generic one that works for all numeric types and it also uses a redefined floor that does nothing in case of integral types.