;+ ;PROCEDURE: ang_data, n1,n2 ;PURPOSE: ; Creates a tplot variable that is the angle between two tplot variables. ;INPUT: n1,n2 tplot variable names (strings) ; These should each be 3 element vectors ;KEWORDS: ; copy_dlimits: set to 1 to use the first variable's dlimits, 2 to use the second's ;- PRO ang_data,n1,n2,newname=newname,dot=dotp,copy_dlimits=cdl get_data,n1,data=d1, dlimits = dl1 get_data,n2,data=d2, dlimits = dl2 if not keyword_set(d1) or not keyword_set(d2) then begin dprint,'data not defined!' return endif c = keyword_set(dotp) ? '.' : '@' if not keyword_set(newname) then newname = n1+c+n2 if size(cdl, /type) ne 0 then begin case cdl of 1:dl_out = dl1 2:dl_out = dl2 else: endcase endif y2 = data_cut(d2,d1.x) y1 = d1.y dot = total(y1*y2,2) y1m = sqrt(total(y1^2,2)) y2m = sqrt(total(y2^2,2)) ;help,y1,y2,dot,y1m,y2m ang = acos(dot/y1m/y2m) * !radeg dat = {x:d1.x,y:(keyword_set(dotp) ? dot :ang)} store_data,newname,data=dat, dlimits=dl_out return end