quadrilateral


quadrilateral, a Python code which carries out geometric calculations on quadrilaterals, including angles, area, distances, nearest point, point containment, perimeter, and random generation.

Licensing:

The computer code and data files described and made available on this web page are distributed under the MIT license

Languages:

quadrilateral is available in a MATLAB version and an Octave version and a Python version.

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Last revised on 22 December 2022.