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dimension

Metafunction defining value as the number of coordinates (the number of axes of any geometry) of the point type making up the specified geometry type.

Synopsis

template<typename Geometry>
struct dimension
      : public core_dispatch::dimension< tag< Geometry >::type, geometry::util::bare_type< Geometry >::type >
{
  // ...
};

Template parameter(s)

Parameter

Description

typename Geometry

Any type fulfilling a Geometry Concept

Header

Either

#include <boost/geometry.hpp>

Or

#include <boost/geometry/core/coordinate_dimension.hpp>

Complexity

Compile time

Example

Examine the number of coordinates making up the points in a linestring type

#include <iostream>

#include <boost/geometry.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/linestring.hpp>
#include <boost/geometry/geometries/adapted/boost_tuple.hpp>

BOOST_GEOMETRY_REGISTER_BOOST_TUPLE_CS(cs::cartesian);

int main()
{
    int dim = boost::geometry::dimension
        <
            boost::geometry::model::linestring
                <
                    boost::tuple<float, float, float>
                >
        >::value;

    std::cout << "dimensions: " << dim << std::endl;

    return 0;
}

Output:

dimensions: 3

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