Dragon curve: Difference between revisions

Valid coordinates on the TI-89's graph screen are x 0..76 and y 0..158. This and [[wp:File:Dimensions_fractale_dragon.gif|the outer size of the dragon curve]] were used to choose the position and scale determined by the [[wp:Transformation_matrix#Affine_transformations|transformation matrix]] initially passed to <code>dragon</code> such that the curve will fit onscreen no matter the number of recursions chosen. The height of the curve is 1 unit, so the vertical (and horizontal, to preserve proportions) scale is the height of the screen (rather, one less, to avoid rounding/FP error overrunning), or 75. The curve extends 1/3 unit above its origin, so the vertical translation is (one more than) 1/3 of the scale, or 26. The curve extends 1/3 to the left of its origin, or 25 pixels; the width of the curve is 1.5 units, or 1.5·76 = 114 pixels, and the screen is 159 pixels, so to center it we place the origin at 25 + (159-114)/2 = 47 pixels.

 

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uBasic/4tH has neither native support for graphics nor floating point, so everything has to be defined in high level code. All calculations are done in integer arithmetic, scaled by 10K.