On 01/10/2013 07:37 AM, David Arnold wrote:
Hi,
Just curious. Has anyone out there ever written a script to generate 100
random rectangles such as the ones shown on this page?
http://www2.math.umd.edu/~jlh/214/Random%20Rectangles.pdf
Hi David,
There are a number of ways to generate "random" rectangles, for instance:
# each row specifies the number of rows and columns of squares
rr.df<-data.frame(nrow=sample(1:12,100,TRUE,prob=12:1),
ncol=sample(1:12,100,TRUE,prob=12:1))
Then just plot the resulting rectangles:
sqrect<-function(x0,y0,x1,y1) {
nx<-x1-x0-1
ny<-y1-y0-1
for(x in 0:nx) {
for(y in 0:ny)
rect(x0+x,y0+y,x0+x+1,y0+y+1)
}
}
rrPlot<-function(rrdf,div=1.3) {
nrect<-dim(rrdf)[1]
plotspace<-nrect/div
plot(c(1,plotspace),c(1,plotspace),type="n",
axes=FALSE,xlab="",ylab="",main="Random Rectangles")
xpos<-ypos<-maxypos<-1
for(rectangle in 1:nrect) {
if(xpos+rrdf[rectangle,1] > plotspace) {
xpos<-1
ypos<-maxypos
maxypos<-1
}
sqrect(xpos,ypos,xpos+rrdf[rectangle,1],
ypos+rrdf[rectangle,2])
xpos<-xpos+rrdf[rectangle,1]+1
if(ypos+rrdf[rectangle,2] > maxypos)
maxypos<-ypos+rrdf[rectangle,2]+2
}
}
The example above does not do any sophisticated placing of the
rectangles, but more importantly, shows that there are probably unstated
constraints on the "randomness" of the rectangles.
Jim
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