Creating a Triagular Wave in Java

**locorecto** · March 7th, 2010, 02:20 PM

I was assign to do produce two graphs using Java. One is the Triangular Wave funtion that look like this:
Fourier Series Examples: Triangle Wave

and another for the half-wave rectifier.

The professor suggested us to used the Fourier Series to approximate the graph of the triangular wave by using that series. The function for the Fourier Series can be found here:
PlanetMath: common Fourier series

My big problem is that I don't have any experience whatsoever in graphing functions using Java. I would like some of you to please give me some suggestions ( where should I start, which java library should I look at, what method would you use).

I would really appreciate it.

Thanks in advance.

**helloworld922** · March 7th, 2010, 03:03 PM

Unfortunately, I don't think there's any standard API support for graphing a function directly. However, it is fairly simple to write your own swing utility to plot data given to it. Create your own class that extends JPanel, give it a list of points, and have it plot the data it is given. To plot, over-write the paint method, and draw lines that connect a point with it's two neighboring points (note that to plot the point, you will have to convert the coordinates because the standard x-y access has 0,0 as bottom left, while in Java 0,0 is top left).

If your program must plot the data over any range and zoom, you can have your panel compute the data itself, and use the same data plotter to automatically update to the new graph.

There might be some API packages other users have created, in which case you can probably do a google search to find some.

**Darryl.Burke** · March 8th, 2010, 01:51 AM

Posted all over the net. Including this one:
Creating a Triagular Wave in Java - Java Forums
http://www.javaprogrammingforums.com...wave-java.html
Java Programming - Creating a Triagular Wave in Java

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**Darryl.Burke** · March 8th, 2010, 01:51 AM

Inadvertently double posted, removed.
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