# File: tcurve.py # program to plot a curve (here, x**2), connecting dots with lines # # Matt Bishop, MHI 289I, Fall 2024 # import turtle # allows us to use turtles # # these control the plotting and start of the function # xscale = 1 # need to scale to make the plot visible xstart = -13 # x co-ordinate of lower point of the curve xend = 13 # x co-ordinate of upper point of the curve ytop = 170 # top of y axis; at least max(xstart**2, xend**2) npoints = 500 # how many points to use tio draw the curve # # set up the drawing # # window stuff first wn = turtle.Screen() # draw the window for the picture wn.bgcolor("blue") # make the background color blue wn.title("Graph of x * x") # put up a title # this is tricky. If we leave the co-ordinate (0,0) in the center # of the window, then we're losing the lower two quadrants as # y can never be negative. So we adjust the co-ordinates of the # window, so the lower left corner is (-25, -25) -- why we leave # 25 units at the bottom is to let us print something -- and the # upper right corner is (25, ytop + 25) -- again, some room so # we can print something wn.setworldcoordinates(xstart - 3, -25, xend + 3, ytop + 25) # turtle (or pen) stuff next kelly = turtle.Turtle() # create a turtle, called "kelly" kelly.shape("classic") # just an arrow kelly.color("white") # white contrasts nicely with red kelly.hideturtle() # # draw the axes # # first, the x axis kelly.penup() kelly.setpos((xend + 1) * xscale, 0) kelly.pendown() kelly.goto((xstart - 1) * xscale, 0) # now the y axis kelly.penup() kelly.setpos(0 * xscale, ytop) kelly.pendown() kelly.goto(0 * xscale, 0) kelly.penup() # # mark the axes # # first the x axis, from xstart to xend for i in range(xstart, xend + 1): kelly.goto(i * xscale, -1) kelly.pendown() kelly.goto(i * xscale, 1) kelly.penup() if i % 5 == 0: kelly.goto(i * xscale, -5) kelly.write(str(i), False, "center", ("Arial", 12, "normal")) # # next the y axis, from 0 to ytop # positioning the text beside the line is trial and error for i in range(0, ytop + 1): if i % 10 == 0 and i != 0: kelly.goto(-0.5, i) kelly.pendown() kelly.goto(0.5, i) kelly.penup() kelly.goto(-0.7, i-1.5) kelly.write(str(i), False, "right", ("Arial", 12, "normal")) # # now write f(x) above the y axis kelly.penup() kelly.goto(0 * xscale, ytop + 5) kelly.write("f(x)", False, "center", ("Arial", 24, "normal")) # # now write what we are graphing below the x axis kelly.goto(0 * xscale, -15) s = "Graph of f(x) = x * x on [" + str(xstart) + "," + str(xend) + "]" kelly.write(s, False, "center", ("Arial", 24, "normal")) # # figure out where the npoints will go # they are equally spaced between xstart and xend # so incr is the increment to x # incr = (xend - xstart) / npoints # # move to the first point # x = xstart kelly.setpos(x * xscale, x * x) # start the line there kelly.pendown() # now loop; put down a new point and draw a line from # the previous point to it during each iteration for _ in range(0, npoints): # compute the next x value x = x + incr # move to the position; this draws the line (pen is down) kelly.goto(x * xscale, x * x) # # now hide the turtle and just sit there, displaying the result # kelly.hideturtle() # make the turtle invisible wn.mainloop() # wait until the user closes the window