Comparing Line vs. Path Plots

fun generateArchimedeanDataMap(n: Int = 25, k: Double = 1.0, a: Double = 1.0): Map<String, List<Double>> {
    val phi = List(n) { i -> 2.0 * PI * k * i.toDouble() / (n - 1) }
    val r = phi.map { angle -> (a * angle) / (2.0 * PI) }
    val x = (r zip phi).map { p -> p.first * cos(p.second) }
    val y = (r zip phi).map { p -> p.first * sin(p.second) }
    return mapOf("x" to x, "y" to y)
}

val aDataMap = generateArchimedeanDataMap(n = 200, k = 2.0)

val linePlot = plot(aDataMap) {
    line {
        x("x")
        y("y")
    }
    layout.title = "`line` layer"
}
val pathPlot = plot(aDataMap) {
    path {
        x("x")
        y("y")
    }
    layout.title = "`path` layer"
}
plotGrid(listOf(linePlot, pathPlot))

Last modified: 10 May 2024