Drawing a Curved line?

[tryphy]

Hi guys,

I wanted to draw a curved line using javacsript...
I know can draw a straight line, cirle, rectangle, arc..
But if i wanna draw a curved line in a graph...
how can it be done..Its like ..
oN Click , then the curved line appears...

Regards
Tryphy

[MidiMagic]

We use the technique from calculus of dividing a curve up into a lot of very short straight lines:

- Define the curve with arrays. Use an array of x coordinates for the points in curve, and an array of the y coordinates.

- Draw a line from the x,y coordinate of the first point to the x,y of the second point, then from the second point to the third, then from the third to the fourth, etc. Use a loop to read the values.

[tryphy]

Can give me an example

[MidiMagic]

One idea is to make a sine wave using the sine function:

var x = Array(50);
var y = Array(50);

function makesine(){
  var i;
  for(i=0; i<50;i++){
    x[i] = i/10.0;
    y[i] = Math.sin(x[i]);
  };
};

function showgraphic(){
  var i, px, py;
  px = x[0]; py = y{0};
  for(i=1; i<50;i++){
    drawLine(px, py, x[i], y[i]);
    px = x[i]; py = y{i};
  };
};

Change the drawLine function if you have a different package.