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Lissajous Curve
license: mit
<!DOCTYPE html>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<style>
body {margin:0;}
.controls {list-style: none; z-index: 99;}
canvas {position: absolute; left: 300px; top: 0px;}
ul {padding: 10px;}
</style>
<ul class="controls">
<li>
<input type="range"
class="a"
min="0"
max="10"
step=".1"
value=".4">
a: <text class="a"></text>
</li>
<li>
<input type="range"
class="b"
min="0"
max="10"
step=".1"
value=".6">
b: <text class="b"></text>
</li>
<li>
Phase: <input type="checkbox"
class="checkbox"
checked>
</li>
</ul>
<canvas></canvas>
<script>
const width = innerWidth,
height = innerHeight;
const scale = Math.min(width, height)/3;
const canvas = document.querySelector('canvas');
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
const canvasCtx = canvas.getContext('2d');
canvasCtx.fillStyle = 'rgb(255, 255, 255)';
canvasCtx.strokeStyle = 'rgb(37, 37, 109)';
canvasCtx.lineWidth = .01;
let offset = 0;
draw();
function draw() {
const [a, b, rotate] = getVals();
if (rotate) offset += .005;
document.querySelector("text.a").innerHTML = a;
document.querySelector("text.b").innerHTML = b;
canvasCtx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
canvasCtx.beginPath();
let i = 10000;
canvasCtx.moveTo(...calcPoint(a, b, i--));
while (i--) canvasCtx.lineTo(...calcPoint(a, b, i));
canvasCtx.stroke();
window.requestAnimationFrame(draw);
}
function getVals() {
const a = +document.querySelector("input.a").value,
b = +document.querySelector("input.b").value,
rotate = document.querySelector(".checkbox").checked;
return [a, b, rotate];
}
function calcPoint(a, b, i) {
const x = Math.sin(a*i + offset) * scale + width/3;
const y = Math.sin(b*i) * scale + height/2;
return [x, y];
}
</script>
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