Hi! I’m still new at processing. I’m trying to write a program that generates random line positions but all lines are of the same length. I want to further develop it to generate different coloured lines according to the line length but situated at random positions. I have no idea how to control the line length and position it at random locations. Thanksss!
Consider the line between the points (x, y) and (x+L*cos(a), y+L*sin(a)) for some values of L and a. What is the length of this line?
If x and y are random, one endpoint of this line is random. How might you randomize where the other endpoint is?
Hints: What is L? What is a?
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Thanks so much for this!!!
For those interested in trigonometry there is a tutorial here:
https://processing.org/tutorials/trig
It is not on main website but it is still available.
It is poorly formatted in places so keep an eye out for that!
For example:
Should be:
x = cosine(theta) * radius
y = sine(theta) * radius
Have fun!
:)