Plotting functions

exercise No. 163

A simple character based plotting application

Q:

Implement a class to plot e.g. sin(x) and other functions in a terminal like e.g.: 

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A:

The current solution is not yet very flexible: The intended plot function is hard coded within the PlotSine class: 

	static void plotSine() {
		init();
		
		for (int xTics = 0; xTics < numTicsX; xTics++) {
			double x = xMin + xTics * xStepWidth;
			double sinOfX = Math.sin(x);
			
...
		}
	}

You'll find a more sophisticated approach using interfaces in upcoming the section called “An interface based plotter”.

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