From: David Arnold <dwarnold45@cox.net>
Subject: Metapost -- What am I doing wrong
Date: Sun, 25 Dec 2005 10:08:44 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CF326809-45FA-4829-81E2-60D4D422BA2A@cox.net> (raw)
All,
Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong here?
%Ouput=pdf
\setupcolors[state=start]
\definecolor[gridlines][s=0.7]
\startMPinclusions
color gridlines; gridlines=\MPcolor{gridlines}
\stopMPinclusions
\startMPgraphic{create function path f 5-by-5}
%define clipping path
path cpath;
cpath:=(-5,-5)--(5,-5)--(5,5)--(-5,5)--cycle;
%create function path
path p; p:=(-5,f(-5));
for x=-5 step .1 until 5:
p:=p--(x,f(x));
endfor;
p:=p--(5,f(5));
%clip function path to clipping path
p:=p cutbefore cpath;
p:=reverse p;
p:=p cutbefore cpath;
\stopMPgraphic
\startMPgraphic{scale and draw f 5-by-5}
%scale function path
p:=p scaled u;
%draw function path
drawdblarrow p withcolor blue;
\stopMPgraphic
\startMPgraphic{draw axis 5-by-5}
%draw the grid
for k=-5u step 1u until 5u:
draw (k,-5u)--(k,5u) withcolor gridlines;
draw (-5u,k)--(5u,k) withcolor gridlines;
endfor;
%draw axes
drawdblarrow (-5.2u,0)--(5.2u,0);
drawdblarrow (0,-5.2u)--(0,5.2u);
%label axes
label.rt(btex $x$ etex, (5.2u,0));
label.top(btex $y$ etex, (0,5.2u));
label.bot(btex $5$ etex, (5u,0));
label.lft(btex $5$ etex, (0,5u));
\stopMPgraphic
\starttext
\startMPpage
%define function
vardef f(expr x)=
x*x
enddef;
\useMPgraphic{create function path f 5-by-5}
%initialize scale
numeric u; 10u=2in;
\useMPgraphic{draw axis 5-by-5}
\useMPgraphic{scale and draw f 5-by-5}
%draw plotted points
for x=-2 step 1 until 2:
drawdot ((x,f(x)) scaled u) withpen pencircle scaled 4pt withcolor
blue;
endfor;
\stopMPpage
\stoptext
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next reply other threads:[~2005-12-25 18:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-12-25 18:08 David Arnold [this message]
2005-12-25 23:02 ` Mojca Miklavec
2005-12-25 23:48 ` David Arnold
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