MATLAB: How to find angle between two lines

find angle between two lines

For example, there is line L1 between two points (x1,y1) and (x2,y2). Another line L2 between points (x1,y1) and (x3,y3). I want to find the angle between the lines L1, L2. How to find in MATLAB? I think in matlab there is no predefined function which performs the same.

Best Answer

A more stable method that what Jos suggested is
v_1 = [x2,y2,0] - [x1,y1,0];
v_2 = [x3,y3,0] - [x1,y1,0];
Theta = atan2(norm(cross(v_1, v_2)), dot(v_1, v_2));
HTH
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