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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 23 Nov 2001.
Re: How can I solve this @#%#@%^#@$&^%*$%#@@#!

Re: How can I solve this @#%#@%^#@$&^%*$%#@@#!

From "Peter \"lastfuture\" Marquardt" <lastfuture@lastfuture.de> · alt.ascii-art · 23 Nov 2001 01:44 · View full thread · report
markus did i ever tell you that you are a genius?
and i mean it!

On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 21:39:16 +0100, Markus Gebhard
<ukg...@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de> wrote:

>drsquare wrote:
>> 
>> >I don't care much for doing math with ascii-art but I can see how graphs like
>> >this would be wanted by the people that do math with ascii-art.
>> 
>> All well and good until you want something more complicated than a vague
>> approximate of a tan graph. I'd like to see someone do
>> 
>>         y = 3.5x^2 - 1.2x + 0.2
>>         y = 4x^2 - 1.2x + 0.2
>> 
>> with any accuracy with ascii-art.
>
>Ok, here you are:
>
> `8b                               |
>  Y8.                              |
>   Yb                              |
>    8b                             |                 2
>    `8p                            |          3.5 * x  - 1.2 * x + 0.2
>     Y8.                           |
>      Y8.                          |
>       Yb                          |                                  8)
>        Yb                         |                                 dP
>         8b                        |                                dP
>         `8L                       |                               d8
>          `8L                      |                              d8
>           `8L                     |                             d8'
>            `8L                    |                            d8'
>             `8L                   |                           d8
>              `8L                  |                          dP
>                Yb                 |                         dP
>                 Y8                |    x=-1.5..1.5        ,8P
>                  Y8.              |    y=-1.0..9.0       d8'
>                   `8o             |                     dP
>                     Y8.           |                   d8P
>                      `Yb.         |                 ,8P
>                        `8o_       |               ,dP'
>                          `Yb.     |             ,dP'
>                            `Y8o._ |         _,o8P'
>                               '"P8ooooooooo8P"'
>'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
>                                   |
>                                   |
>
>You don't like the thick line mode? No problem, there will be others:
>
>  \                                |
>   |                               |
>   '.                              |
>    \                              |
>     \                             |
>      \                            |
>       \                           |
>       '.                          |                                  /
>        `.                         |                                 ,'
>         \                         |                                .'
>          \                        |                                /
>           `                       |                               /
>            `                      |                              '
>             `                     |                             '
>              `                    |                            /
>               \                   |                          ,'
>                `.                 |                         ,'
>                  \                |                        /
>                   \               |                       '
>                    `.             |                     ,'
>                      \            |                    -
>                       `.          |                  /'
>                         `.        |                ,'
>                           -.      |              ,'
>                             '-.   |           ,-'
>                                '-..______,.--'
>'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
>                                   |
>                                   |
>
>Oh, you also want the second graph plotted into the same diagram? Here
>you are:
>
> `8b\                              |
>  Y8.\                             |
>   Yb\                             |
>    8b\                            |
>    `8p|                           |                                  /
>     Y8:.                          |                                 /
>      Y8\                          |                                .'
>       Yb\                         |                                ' 8)
>        Yb\                        |            2                  / dP
>         8b\                       |       4 * x  - 1.2 * x + 0.2 / dP
>         `8L\                      |                             / d8
>          `8`.                     |                            / d8
>           `8`.                    |                           ,'d8'
>            `8\                    |                          ,'d8'
>             `8\                   |                         ,'d8
>              `8\                  |                        ,'dP
>                Yb.                |                       ,'dP
>                 Y8.               |                      /,8P
>                  Y8\              |                     /d8'
>                   `8d             |                    'dP
>                     Y8.           |                  /d8P
>                      `Y-.         |                _;8P       2
>                        `8\_       |               ,dP' 3.5 * x
>                          `Y\.     |            _,dP'   - 1.2 * x + 0.2
>                            `Y-o._ |         _,-8P'
>                               '"-8oooooooo-8P"'
>'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''|'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''
>                                   |       x=-1.5..1.5
>                                   |       y=-1.0..9.0
>
>Still worrying about accuracy? Well, with horizontal lines you can have
>a resolution from up to 4 levels per character, for vertical lines it
>only is about 1 or 2 (for the classic line style). As the only ascii
>plotters I have seen yet have a resolution of 1 line per character, I am
>pretty happy with the polts.
>
>Markus


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