Drawing a grid

[CrystalMoth]

I am tring to draw a grid but it does not come up. My code compiles but no grid.

My Code:

import java.awt.Color;
import java.awt.Dimension;
import java.awt.Graphics;
import java.awt.Graphics2D;
import java.awt.Insets;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Grid extends JPanel
{
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	public void paintComponent(Graphics g)
	{
		super.paintComponent(g);
		Graphics2D graphics = (Graphics2D) g;
		graphics.setColor(Color.blue);
		
		Dimension size = getSize();
		Insets insets = getInsets();
		int w = size.width - insets.left - insets.right;
		int h = size.height - insets.top - insets.bottom;
		
		for(int i=0; i==w; i=i+32)
		{
			for(int j=0; j==h; j=j+32)
			{
				graphics.drawLine(i, j, i, j);
			}
		}
	}
}

import javax.swing.JFrame;


public class Start extends JFrame
{
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	public static void main(String[] args)
	{
		Grid grid = new Grid();
             	JFrame frame = new JFrame("Grid");
             	frame.add(grid);
            	frame.setSize(640, 480);
                frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
                frame.setVisible(true);
	}
}

[Fubarable]

I haven't looked at all your code, but this line here:

graphics.drawLine(i, j, i, j);

tries to draw a line from a point to itself. That's a line of length 0.

[CrystalMoth]

I'm trying to draw a grid, so to draw a point I draw a line from one coordinate to the same coordinate. I try to repeat this to draw a grid.

[Fubarable]

Also, if you want to show a "grid" such as a chess board, then you'll want to not draw lines, but instead fill rectangles -- but not every rectangle, just those where row + column is an even number.

[Fubarable]

I'm trying to draw a grid, so to draw a point I draw a line from one coordinate to the same coordinate. I try to repeat this to draw a grid.

This doesn't make any sense. If you draw a line from a point to itself, you have nothing (as your program quite readily demonstrates). Think about what would happen if you did this with pen and paper. The pen would never move.

[CrystalMoth]

I tried the program from zetcode .com and it does this but with random coordinates, I'm trying to get a grid of dots for a CAD program.

[Fubarable]

I tried the program from zetcode .com and it does this but with random coordinates,

No idea what site this is.

I'm trying to get a grid of dots for a CAD program.

What exactly do you mean here? It's hard to advise without more precise specifications.

For instance, when I think of "grid" I reflexively think of a chessboard, e.g.,

import javax.swing.JFrame;
import javax.swing.JPanel;

public class Grid extends JPanel {
  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
  public static final int GRID_COUNT = 8;

  public void paintComponent(Graphics g) {
    super.paintComponent(g);
    Graphics2D graphics = (Graphics2D) g;
    graphics.setColor(Color.blue);

    Dimension size = getSize();
    Insets insets = getInsets();
    int w = size.width - insets.left - insets.right;
    int h = size.height - insets.top - insets.bottom;
    
    int sqrWidth = (int)((double)w / GRID_COUNT);
    int sqrHeight = (int)((double)h / GRID_COUNT);
    for (int row = 0; row < GRID_COUNT; row++) {
      for (int col = 0; col < GRID_COUNT; col++) {
        if ((row + col) % 2 == 0) {
          int x = (int) (row * (double) w / GRID_COUNT);
          int y = (int) (col * (double) h / GRID_COUNT);

          graphics.fillRect(x, y, sqrWidth, sqrHeight);
        }
      }
    }
  }

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    Grid grid = new Grid();
    grid.setPreferredSize(new Dimension(400, 400));
    JFrame frame = new JFrame("Grid");
    frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE);
    frame.add(grid);
    frame.pack();
    frame.setLocationRelativeTo(null);
    frame.setVisible(true);
  }

}

[CrystalMoth]

I want a grid consisting of dots. The dots appear at intervals of every 32 pixels. After one for loop to make the dots on the first line, starting from (0,0), then in the next for loop draw aother line of dots32 pixels down from the first row, and 32 px intervals untuil the entire screen is covered with single pixel dots.

[Fubarable]

Sorry, it's probably me, but I'm still not getting it. Can you provide any more detail?

[Fubarable]

Also, your for loops are frcked up. This will never loop:

    for (int i = 0; i == w; i = i + 32) {
      for (int j = 0; j == h; j = j + 32) {
        System.out.println("i = " + i + ", j = " + j);
        graphics.drawLine(i, j, i + 5, j + 5);
      }
    }

Because i will never == w at the beginning of the loop, so the loop will never begin.

Better would be:

    for (int i = 0; i <= w; i = i + 32) {
      for (int j = 0; j <= h; j = j + 32) {
        graphics.drawLine(i, j, i, j);
      }
    }

[CrystalMoth]

THANK YOU
very much

[Fubarable]

You're welcome. And I was wrong. A line from x, y to x, y will draw a very small point. Sorry about the misdirection.