#!/usr/bin/perl -w # Copyright 2012 Kevin Ryde # This file is part of Math-PlanePath. # # Math-PlanePath is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it # under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free # Software Foundation; either version 3, or (at your option) any later # version. # # Math-PlanePath is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY # or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License # for more details. # # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along # with Math-PlanePath. If not, see . # Usage: perl cretan-walls.pl # # This is a bit of fun carving out the CretanLabyrinth from a solid block of # "*"s, thus leaving those "*"s representing the walls of the labyrinth. # # The $spacing variable is how widely to spread the path, for thicker walls. # The $width,$height sizes are chosen to make a whole 4-way cycle. # # The way the arms align means the entrance to the labyrinth is at the # bottom right corner. In real labyrinths its usual to omit the lower right # bit of wall so the entrance is in the middle of the right side. # use 5.004; use strict; use Math::PlanePath::CretanLabyrinth; my $spacing = 2; my $width = $spacing * 14 - 1; my $height = $spacing * 16 - 1; my $path = Math::PlanePath::CretanLabyrinth->new; my $x_origin = int($width / 2) + $spacing; my $y_origin = int($height / 2); my @rows = ('*' x $width) x $height; # array of strings sub plot { my ($x,$y,$char) = @_; if ($x >= 0 && $x < $width && $y >= 0 && $y < $height) { substr($rows[$y], $x, 1) = $char; } } my ($n_lo, $n_hi) = $path->rect_to_n_range (-$x_origin,-$y_origin, $x_origin,$y_origin); my $x = $x_origin; my $y = $y_origin; plot($x,$y,'_'); foreach my $n ($n_lo+1 .. $n_hi) { my ($next_x, $next_y) = $path->n_to_xy ($n); $next_x *= $spacing; $next_y *= $spacing; $next_x += $x_origin; $next_y += $y_origin; while ($x != $next_x) { $x -= ($x <=> $next_x); plot($x,$y,' '); } while ($y != $next_y) { $y -= ($y <=> $next_y); plot($x,$y,' '); } } foreach my $row (reverse @rows) { print "$row\n"; } exit 0;