flutter_input_library/lib/src/inputs/carousel/carousel_utils.dart

// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Iconica
//
// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause

/// Converts an index of a set size to the corresponding index of a collection of another size
/// as if they were circular.
///
/// Takes a [position] from collection Foo, a [base] from where Foo's index originated
/// and the [length] of a second collection Baa, for which the correlating index is sought.
///
/// For example; We have a Carousel of 10000(simulating infinity) but only 6 images.
/// We need to repeat the images to give the illusion of a never ending stream.
/// By calling [getRealIndex] with position and base we get an offset.
/// This offset modulo our length, 6, will return a number between 0 and 5, which represent the image
/// to be placed in the given position.
int getRealIndex(int position, int base, int? length) {
  final int offset = position - base;
  return remainder(offset, length);
}

/// Returns the remainder of the modulo operation [input] % [source], and adjust it for
/// negative values.
int remainder(int input, int? source) {
  if (source == 0) return 0;
  final int result = input % source!;
  return result < 0 ? source + result : result;
}