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#ifndef __OPENSPACE_CORE___UNIVERSALHELPERS___H__
#define __OPENSPACE_CORE___UNIVERSALHELPERS___H__

/*
 * This file is meant to contain generally useful functions that is used a bit all over
 * the place but that do not belong in any other, more specific, file.
 *
 * If you implement a function that can be useful in several other situations, feel free
 * to document it and put it this file
 */

namespace openspace::helpers {

/*
 * Remap a parameter t in [0,1] to a subinterval [start, end], by shifting and scaling
 * the value to match the interval. If \p t is smaller than \p start, the return value
 * will be 0 and if bigger than \p end it will be 1. Other values will be linearly
 * interpolated within the range [start, end]
 */
double shiftAndScale(double t, double start, double end);

} // namespace openspace::helpers

#endif // __OPENSPACE_CORE___UNIVERSALHELPERS___H__
