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Bresenham's line algorithm in Python
class bresenham:
def __init__(self, start, end):
self.start = list(start)
self.end = list(end)
self.path = []
self.steep = abs(self.end[1]-self.start[1]) > abs(self.end[0]-self.start[0])
if self.steep:
print 'Steep'
self.start = self.swap(self.start[0],self.start[1])
self.end = self.swap(self.end[0],self.end[1])
if self.start[0] > self.end[0]:
print 'flippin and floppin'
_x0 = int(self.start[0])
_x1 = int(self.end[0])
self.start[0] = _x1
self.end[0] = _x0
_y0 = int(self.start[1])
_y1 = int(self.end[1])
self.start[1] = _y1
self.end[1] = _y0
dx = self.end[0] - self.start[0]
dy = abs(self.end[1] - self.start[1])
error = 0
derr = dy/float(dx)
ystep = 0
y = self.start[1]
if self.start[1] < self.end[1]: ystep = 1
else: ystep = -1
for x in range(self.start[0],self.end[0]+1):
if self.steep:
self.path.append((y,x))
else:
self.path.append((x,y))
error += derr
if error >= 0.5:
y += ystep
error -= 1.0
print start
print end
print
print self.start
print self.end
def swap(self,n1,n2):
return [n2,n1]
l = bresenham([8,1],[6,4])
print l.path
map = []
for x in range(0,15):
yc = []
for y in range(0,15):
yc.append('#')
map.append(yc)
for pos in l.path:
map[pos[0]][pos[1]] = '.'
for y in range(0,15):
for x in range(0,15):
print map[x][y],
print
@chaitanyahebbal
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thank you 👍

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buxx commented Nov 14, 2017

Hello, what is the licence of this file please ?

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