- and art?
Grids are a useful starting point in many Logo programs.
Here they've been extended into a kind of art, all of thier
own.
To New
# set default screen, pen and turtle values
ResetAll SetScreenSize [400 400] HideTurtle
SetSC Black SetPC Green SetPS 1 PenUp
End
To Init :Order
# global values
Make "Size 378
Make "CellSize :Size/:Order
Make "OffSet :CellSize/2 - :Size/2
Make "Side :CellSize/1.4
Make "Total Power :Order 2
End
To Gridd :M :N
# return X Y screen position
Make "X (:N*:CellSize) + :OffSet
Make "Y (:M*:CellSize) + :OffSet
Output List :X :Y
End
To Square :Side
# square (side x side) drawn from centre (tp)
Back :Side/2 Right 90 Back :Side/2 PenDown
Repeat 4 [
Forward :Side Left 90]
PenUp Forward :Side/2 Left 90 Forward :Side/2 # r2c
End
To Hue2 :Theta
# Output RGB hue list from angle :Theta
Make "Red Abs 255*Sin :Theta
Make "Green Abs 255*Sin (:Theta+120)
Make "Blue Abs 255*Sin (:Theta+240)
Output (List :Red :Green :Blue)
End
To RandGrid :Order
# go to a random grid position
SetPos Gridd Random :Order Random :Order
End
To DrawGrid :Order
# draw M x N array of squares
For (List "M 0 :Order-1) [
For (List "N 0 :Order-1) [
SetPos Gridd :M :N
# SetH 0 Left 270*((:M+:N-2)/((2*:Order)-2))
Square :Side] ]
End
To Go :Order
# draw grid of squares
New Init :Order
DrawGrid :Order
End
Comment out the comment line in DrawGrid procedure for angled squares.
Using the above procedures, it is easy to generate more artwork.
To Art :Order
# draw random array of colored squares
New Init :Order
Repeat :Total [
RandGrid :Order
SetPC Hue2 Random 360 Square :Side Fill]
End
To Art :Order
# draw random lines
New Init :Order
SetPC Purple SetPW 3 * Round :CellSize/20
For (List "M 1 :Order-2) [
For (List "N 1 :Order-2) [
SetPos Gridd :N :M
SetH 90*Random 4
PenDown Forward :CellSize PenUp] ]
End
To Art :Order
# draw grid, random filled squares
New Init :Order
Drawgrid :Order
SetPC DarkRed
Repeat :Total [
RandGrid :Order Fill]
End
To Art :Order
# draw colour swatches
New Init :Order
Make "ColStep 255/(:Order-1)
For (List "M 0 :Order-1) [
For (List "N 0 :Order-1) [
SetPos Gridd :M :N
SetPC PenCol :M :N
Square :Side Fill] ]
End
To PenCol :M :N
Make "Red Round :N*:ColStep
Make "Gre Round :M*:ColStep
Output (List :Red :Gre 0)
End
Here are two methods of generating the same image. One uses lists and the other FindCol to fill in squares that are surrounded by other squares on all four sides.
To Art :Order
New Init :Order
Make "CellList []
Repeat :Total [Make
"RanSq Random :Total
If Not Member? :RanSq :CellList [
SetPos Gridd (Modulo :RanSq :Order) (Quotient :RanSq :Order)
Square :Side SetPC DarkRed Fill SetPC Green
Make "CellList Lput :RanSq :CellList]]
SetPC Red
For (List "YY 1 :Order-2) [
For (List "XX 1 :Order-2) [
Make "Count :XX + :Order*:YY
If And And And And
(Member? :Count :CellList)
(Member? :Count+1 :CellList)
(Member? :Count-1 :CellList)
(Member? :Count+:Order :CellList)
(Member? :Count-:Order :CellList)
[SetPos Gridd (Modulo :Count :Order) (Quotient :Count :Order) Fill] ] ]
End
To Art :Order
New Init :Order
Repeat :Total [
RandGrid :Order
Square :Side SetPC DarkRed Fill SetPC Green]
SetPC Red
For (List "M 1 :Order-2) [
For (List "N 1 :Order-2) [
SetPos Gridd :M :N
If Check4 [PenDown Fill
PenUp] ] ]
End
To Check4
# return true if square surrounded by 4 squares
Make "C "True
If ((First FindColor Pos)=0) [Output "False]
Repeat 4 [
Forward :CellSize
If ((First FindColor Pos)=0) [Make "C "False Stop]
Back :CellSize Right 90]
Output :C
End
Enter Art 7 or Art 13 etc to run.
For the first program, you can enter Pr :CellList to see a numeric list of every occupied cell.
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