Any help?

[matiasfretes1]

Hi guys! first of all, awesome forum, ive read amazing thing that you did with java, just amazing.
Well, my name is Matt, im from Argentina and i just got "Java how to program 9th edition", great book, but im really stuck in the chapter 4, control statements part 1.
My question is if any of you could help me through a case study in which i have to make, some kind of fan using only while statemenst and the drawline method.
This is the image of what i have to make:

This is what i have so far:

package drawpaneltest;

import java.awt.Graphics; 
import javax.swing.JPanel;

class DrawPanel extends JPanel{
   
   public void paintComponent( Graphics g )
   {
        
       int n=1;
       int widht=getWidth();
       int height=getHeight();
       
       while(n<15){
           contador++;
           g.drawLine(0, 0, height/15, widht/15);
           
       }
       g.drawLine(0,height,widht,0);
      
   }
}

I would really appreciate any help.

Regards.

Matt.

[Fubarable]

Moderator Edit: code tags ([code] [/code]) added to your original post so that your posted code will retain its formatting and be easier to read.

One problem: Your while loop will go on forever since it is checking the value of n, but you never change n from within the while loop and instead change a completely different variable, contador. Another problem, is that you don't use the loops index variable, n or contador, when figuring out which line to draw.

I suggest that you do the drawing on paper and figure out the logic of how the lines go where, and then use this knowledge in constructing your code algorithm.

[Fubarable]

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[matiasfretes1]

Thank you very much!!!!! ill keep that in mind for next postings, well...
I still stuck, maybe is a lack of practice, but i cant figure out yet the solution in paper...
I do know how to use while statements, but my issue comes when i try to, decrement the lines...
Ive been trying to solve this for a whole week and still cant figure out :(.

Again, sorry for the post error, wont happen again.

[.paul.]

first you need to draw an arc, which is a quarter segment of a circle

from that arc at regular intervals (6 degrees) you need to calculate a point on that arc.
the end point of the lines from those points would be a point on another intangible arc which has a radius 200 pixels larger than the visible arc, rotated + or - 60 degrees.

to do this i'd use 4 arrays:

int[] degrees = new int[60];
float[] radians = new float[60];
Point[] points1 = new Point[60];
Point[] points2 = new Point[60];

use a while loop with a counter that starts at 1 to populate those arrays:

degrees = counter * 6
radians = PI * degrees / 180

point1.x = width + Math.sin(radians) * width
point1.y = 0 - Math.cos(radians) * height

point2.x = width + Math.sin(radians) * (width + 200)
point2.y = 0 - Math.cos(radians) * (height + 200)

[matiasfretes1]

first you need to draw an arc, which is a quarter segment of a circle

from that arc at regular intervals (6 degrees) you need to calculate a point on that arc.
the end point of the lines from those points would be a point on another intangible arc which has a radius 200 pixels larger than the visible arc, rotated + or - 60 degrees.

to do this i'd use 4 arrays:

int[] degrees = new int[60];
float[] radians = new float[60];
Point[] points1 = new Point[60];
Point[] points2 = new Point[60];

use a while loop with a counter that starts at 1 to populate those arrays:

degrees = counter * 6
radians = PI * degrees / 180

point1.x = width + Math.sin(radians) * width
point1.y = 0 - Math.cos(radians) * height

point2.x = width + Math.sin(radians) * (width + 200)
point2.y = 0 - Math.cos(radians) * (height + 200)

thanks for your help paul :) , but according to the chapter im reading, i have to write this code using only while statements, i havent seen arrays and methods from math library yet.
Again, thx for you help.

[DarrylBurke]

first you need to draw an arc

Nope. There's no arc in the illustration.

db

[.paul.]

Nope. There's no arc in the illustration.

ok i see it now. there is no arc. it's easier than that. it's an illusion

[JosAH]

Do your math: asssuming a square JComponent with sizes SxS and a coordinate system with the origin (0,0) in the upper left corner you have straight lines between the points (x, S) and (0, x); iterate of the values of x.

kind regards,

Jos