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</style></HEAD><hr><div style="padding-left:4px;border-left:solid black 1px;border-top:solid black 1px;border-bottom:solid black 2px;border-right:solid black 2px;background-color:#deaa87;font-family:courier new;font-size:16pt;">Class <a class="no" name="_C_BEZIER"><b>Bezier</b></a></div>
<i>(Defined in: jpgraph_regstat.php : 112)</i><br> <br><table cellspaceing=0 cellpadding=4 style="border:solid #303030 1px;"><tr><td align="center" style="background:lightgray;" > <a href="Bezier.html" style="font-family:arial;font-weight:bold;color:darkblue;">Bezier</a> </td></tr><tr><td valign=top> <a href="Bezier.html#_BEZIER_GET">Get()</a> <br>
<a href="Bezier.html#_BEZIER___CONSTRUCT">__construct()</a> <br>
</td></tr></table> <p><div style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:100%;">Class usage and Overview</div>Utility class to help construct an interpolated data points given an arbitrary number of data points.
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This class doesn't draw any graphs by itself it is only used to generate a new set of data points representing the smooth line from the input which are the control lines for a bezier interpolated curve.
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The principle of using this class is that you first create an instance of this class and giving it the X,Y values for your control points.
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You can then get back an interpolated smooth dataset by calling the Get() method. This method takeas as argument how many data points you want the interpolated graph to have.
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In order to use this method the file jpgraph_regstat.php must be included.
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Technical note: The control points for a bezier curve does not necessary lie on the curve. Using the alternative method of spline interpolation guarantees that the specified control point lie on the generated curve.
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Technical note 2: An alternmative Bezier curve is also availabe in the Canvas tools (jpgraph_canvtools.php). The difference is that that method will not return any data points it will directly draw an interpolate bezier curve on the canvas.
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<div style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:85%;">See also related classes:</div><a href="Spline.html">Spline</a> and <a href="Shape.html">Shape</a> <p> <hr><span style="font-family:arial;font-size:120%;font-weight:bold;">Class Methods</span><hr><p>
<p> <div style='font-family: helvetica, arial, geneva, sans-serif;margin-bottom:4px;border-left:solid black 1px;border-top:solid black 1px;border-bottom:solid black 2px;border-right:solid black 2px;font-size:120%;background:#dde9af;padding:4px;'><a class="no" name="_BEZIER_GET"><span style="color:#555555;">Bezier ::</span><br><b>Get</b>($steps)</a></div>
<span style='font-family:arial;font-size:95%;'><i>Return two arrays of X and Y coordinates that represents the curve</i></span><p>
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<tr><th width=25%>Argument</th><th width=15%>Default</th><th width=60%>Description</th></tr>
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<span style="color: #0000BB">$steps</span>
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</td><td style='border-right:black solid 1pt;font-family:courier;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;'> </td><td>Number of data points</td></tr>
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<div style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:90%;">Description:</div>Return a data set representing the interpolated smooth curve passing through all the specified control points. <br>
<div style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:90%;"><p>Example:</div><div style="padding:5px;border:dashed gray 1px;background-color:#f3f3f3;font-family:courier new;font-size:90%;font-weight:bold;"><b><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Control points for bezier curve
<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xdata </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">3</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">12</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">15</span><span style="color: #007700">);
<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ydata </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">5</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">15</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">2</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">19</span><span style="color: #007700">);
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<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Get the interpolated values by creating
<br />// a new Spline object.
<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bez </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Bezier</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xdata</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ydata</span><span style="color: #007700">);
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<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// For the new data set we want 50 points to
<br />// get a smooth curve.
<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">list(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newx</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newy</span><span style="color: #007700">) = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bez</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Get</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">50</span><span style="color: #007700">);
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<p> <div style='font-family: helvetica, arial, geneva, sans-serif;margin-bottom:4px;border-left:solid black 1px;border-top:solid black 1px;border-bottom:solid black 2px;border-right:solid black 2px;font-size:120%;background:#dde9af;padding:4px;'><a class="no" name="_BEZIER___CONSTRUCT"><span style="color:#555555;">Bezier ::</span><br><b>__construct</b>($datax, $datay, $attraction_factor, , )</a></div>
<span style='font-family:arial;font-size:95%;'><i>Create a new bezier object</i></span><p>
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<span style="color: #0000BB">$datax</span>
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</td><td style='border-right:black solid 1pt;font-family:courier;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;'> </td><td>X-coordinates for control points</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0000BB">$datay</span>
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</td><td style='border-right:black solid 1pt;font-family:courier;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;'> </td><td>Y-coordinates for control points</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0000BB">$attraction_factor</span>
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</td><td style='border-right:black solid 1pt;font-family:courier;font-size:100%;font-weight:bold;'> </td><td>Attraction factor</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #0000BB">1</span>
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<div style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:90%;">Description:</div>Creates a new Bezier interpoaltion object. The arguments specifies the X, and Y coordinate sof the control points to be used.
The attraction factor is an integer >1 and determines how much "gracity" each control point should have. A higher value makes the resulting curve bend much more sharper against the control points. The default value is 1. <br>
<div style="font-weight:bold;font-family:arial;font-size:90%;"><p>Example:</div><div style="padding:5px;border:dashed gray 1px;background-color:#f3f3f3;font-family:courier new;font-size:90%;font-weight:bold;"><b><span style="color: #000000">
<span style="color: #0000BB"></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Control points
<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xdata </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">1</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">3</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">12</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">15</span><span style="color: #007700">);
<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ydata </span><span style="color: #007700">= array(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">5</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">15</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">2</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">19</span><span style="color: #007700">);
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<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// Get the interpolated values by creating
<br />// a new bezier object.
<br /></span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bez </span><span style="color: #007700">= new </span><span style="color: #0000BB">Bezier</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$xdata</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$ydata</span><span style="color: #007700">);
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<br /></span><span style="color: #FF8000">// For the new data set we want 50 points to
<br />// get a smooth curve.
<br /></span><span style="color: #007700">list(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newx</span><span style="color: #007700">,</span><span style="color: #0000BB">$newy</span><span style="color: #007700">) = </span><span style="color: #0000BB">$bez</span><span style="color: #007700">-></span><span style="color: #0000BB">Get</span><span style="color: #007700">(</span><span style="color: #0000BB">50</span><span style="color: #007700">);</span><span style="color: #0000BB"></span>
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