utils.go

package gobot

import (
	"crypto/rand"
	"errors"
	"log"
	"math"
	"math/big"
	"time"
)

var (
	// ErrUnknownEvent is the error resulting if the specified Event does not exist
	ErrUnknownEvent = errors.New("Event does not exist")
)

var eventError = func(e *Event) (err error) {
	if e == nil {
		err = ErrUnknownEvent
		log.Println(err.Error())
		return
	}
	return
}

// Every triggers f every t time.Duration until the end of days, or when a Stop()
// is called on the Ticker that is returned by the Every function.
// It does not wait for the previous execution of f to finish before
// it fires the next f.
func Every(t time.Duration, f func()) *time.Ticker {
	ticker := time.NewTicker(t)

	go func() {
		for {
			select {
			case <-ticker.C:
				f()
			}
		}
	}()

	return ticker
}

// After triggers f after t duration.
func After(t time.Duration, f func()) {
	time.AfterFunc(t, f)
}

// Rand returns a positive random int up to max
func Rand(max int) int {
	i, _ := rand.Int(rand.Reader, big.NewInt(int64(max)))
	return int(i.Int64())
}

// FromScale returns a converted input from min, max to 0.0...1.0.
func FromScale(input, min, max float64) float64 {
	return (input - math.Min(min, max)) / (math.Max(min, max) - math.Min(min, max))
}

// ToScale returns a converted input from 0...1 to min...max scale.
// If input is less than min then ToScale returns min.
// If input is greater than max then ToScale returns max
func ToScale(input, min, max float64) float64 {
	i := input*(math.Max(min, max)-math.Min(min, max)) + math.Min(min, max)
	if i < math.Min(min, max) {
		return math.Min(min, max)
	} else if i > math.Max(min, max) {
		return math.Max(min, max)
	} else {
		return i
	}
}