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ASCIIsvg commands (click link for details; arguments in {} are optional)
initPicture( xmin, xmax {, ymin {, ymax}} )     border = "pixelvalue" (default 25)
grid( {dx, dy} ) axes( {dx, dy, {"labels"}} )
line( [x,y], [u,v] ) marker = "dot" | "arrow" | "arrowdot" | "none"
path( [ [x1,y1], [x2,y2], ..., [xn,yn] ] ) curve( [ [x1,y1], [x2,y2], ..., [xn,yn] ] )
plot( "f(x)" {, xmin, xmax, npoints} ) plot( [ "f(t)", "g(t)" ] {, tmin, tmax, npoints} )
stroke = "color" strokewidth = "pixelvalue" (default 1)
fill = "color" strokedasharray = "dashpixel spacepixel"
fontsize = "pixel" (default 20) fontweight = "bold" | "normal"
fontstyle = "italic" | "normal" fontfamily = "serif"|"sansserif"|"fixed"|"monotype"
circle( [x,y], r ) ellipse( [x,y], rx, ry )
arc( [x,y], [u,v], r ) rect( [x,y], [u,v] )
text( [x,y], "label" {, position} ) dot( [x,y] {, "open"|"closed" {, "label", position} )
position can be: above, below, left, right, aboveleft, aboveright, belowleft, belowright, null

For the plot commmand, the functions f(x), f(t), g(t) can use any valid JavaScript function or constant (without the "Math." prefix): PI, E, +, -, *, /, sqrt, sin, cos, tan, asin, acos, atan, abs, exp, log (=ln), floor, ceil, ... (pi, e, x^y, ln, arcsin, arccos, arctan, sec, csc, cot are defined as well, and cpi, ctheta denote the respective greek letters).

This Editor is useful for learning about coordinate geometry, graphs of functions, parametric curves, JavaScript, SVG, ... Have fun.


Peter Jipsen, Chapman University, Nov 2004