GUI and Graphics Case Study Exercises
4.1 Using loops and control statements to draw lines can lead to many interesting designs.
a) Create the design in the left screen capture of Fig. 4.20. This design draws lines from the top-left corner, fanning them out until they cover the upper-left half of the panel. One approach is to divide the width and height into an equal number of steps (we found 15 steps worked well). The first endpoint of a line will always be in the top-left corner (0, 0). The second endpoint can be found by starting at the bottom-left corner and moving up one vertical step and right one horizontal step. Draw a line between the two endpoints. Continue moving up and to the right one step to find each successive endpoint. The figure ...
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