From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: Code that run in Metapost but not in starMPcode enviroment
Date: Sun, 01 Feb 2015 14:35:51 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <54CE2BB7.2000401@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPBmU9H+9n4AXGgVo3Dyj_w8dz8soubQTh7r88c87gJdYJxpqg@mail.gmail.com>
On 2/1/2015 12:29 PM, DesdeChaves wrote:
>
> I'm trying to draw some random arrows using Metapost. For that I use a
> piece of code from fpast that in found at stackexchange
> <http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/179745/generating-random-arrows-in-tikz/180111#180111>
>
> Unfortunately this code does not work in context (request for a solution
> <http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/225864/metapost-error-related-with-context>)
> because the freelabel() function. If I disable it the result is the
> expected.
> What is wrong with this code?
>
>
> \starttext
>
> \startMPcode
> numeric u, nb_vectors, wd;
> u := 1cm; % unit length
> nb_vectors := 20; wd = .5;
> boolean intersect; pair random_origin; color random_color; path
> candidate, random_vector[];
> %
> vardef bb(expr p) =
> save orig, extr; pair orig, extr; orig = point 0 of p; extr = point 1
> of p;
> pair v,w; v = wd*unitvector(extr-orig)*u; w = v rotated 90;
> (orig - v + w) -- (extr + v + w) -- (extr + v - w) -- (orig - v - w)
> -- cycle
> enddef;
> %
>
> pickup pencircle scaled 2bp;
numeric i ;
i = 1 ;
> i = 1;
or
i := 1 ; % never assume variable is not set global (such is mp)
> forever:
> exitunless (i <= nb_vectors);
> intersect := false;
> random_length := u*(2+uniformdeviate(1));
> random_angle := uniformdeviate(359);
> random_origin := u*(uniformdeviate(wd*nb_vectors),
> uniformdeviate(wd*nb_vectors));
> random_color := (uniformdeviate(1), uniformdeviate(1),
> uniformdeviate(1));
> candidate := random_origin -- (random_origin +
> random_length*dir(random_angle));
> j := 1;
> forever:
> exitif (j = i) or (intersect = true);
> if bb(random_vector[j]) intersectiontimes bb(candidate) <> (-1, -1):
> intersect := true;
> fi;
> j := j+1;
> endfor;
> if intersect = false:
> random_vector[i] = candidate;
> drawarrow candidate withcolor random_color;
> freelabel(btex $v$ etex, point .5 of candidate, point .5 of
> candidate + dir (random_angle + 90));
> i := i+1;
> fi;
> endfor;
> \stopMPcode
>
>
> \stoptext
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-02-01 13:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-02-01 11:29 DesdeChaves
2015-02-01 13:35 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2015-02-01 14:26 Akira Kakuto
2015-02-01 14:31 Akira Kakuto
2015-02-01 23:54 ` Hans Hagen
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