7 * adapted from Paul Heckbert's algorithm on p 657-659 of
8 * Andrew S. Glassner's book, "Graphics Gems"
13 #include "tickmarks.h"
15 #define MAX(a, b) (((a) < (b)) ? (b) : (a))
17 static double nicenum(double x, int round)
19 int exp; /* exponent of x */
20 double f; /* fractional part of x */
22 exp = floor(log10(x));
23 f = x / pow(10.0, exp);
26 return 1.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
28 return 2.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
30 return 5.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
31 return 10.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
34 return 1.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
36 return 2.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
38 return 5.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
39 return 10.0 * pow(10.0, exp);
42 static void shorten(struct tickmark *tm, int nticks, int *power_of_ten,
43 int use_KMG_symbols, int base_offset)
45 const char shorten_chr[] = { 0, 'K', 'M', 'G', 'P', 'E', 0 };
46 int i, l, minshorten, shorten_idx = 0;
50 for (i = 0; i < nticks; i++) {
54 if (strcmp(str, "0") == 0)
56 if (l > 9 && strcmp(&str[l - 9], "000000000") == 0) {
59 } else if (6 < minshorten && l > 6 &&
60 strcmp(&str[l - 6], "000000") == 0) {
63 } else if (l > 3 && strcmp(&str[l - 3], "000") == 0) {
70 if (*power_of_ten < minshorten)
71 minshorten = *power_of_ten;
79 shorten_idx += base_offset;
81 for (i = 0; i < nticks; i++) {
84 str[l - minshorten] = shorten_chr[shorten_idx];
86 str[l - minshorten + 1] = '\0';
90 int calc_tickmarks(double min, double max, int nticks, struct tickmark **tm,
91 int *power_of_ten, int use_KMG_symbols, int base_offset)
95 double d; /* tick mark spacing */
96 double graphmin, graphmax; /* graph range min and max */
100 /* we expect min != max */
101 range = nicenum(max - min, 0);
102 d = nicenum(range / (nticks - 1), 1);
103 graphmin = floor(min / d) * d;
104 graphmax = ceil(max / d) * d;
105 nfrac = MAX(-floor(log10(d)), 0);
106 snprintf(str, sizeof(str)-1, "%%.%df", nfrac);
108 count = ((graphmax + 0.5 * d) - graphmin) / d + 1;
109 *tm = malloc(sizeof(**tm) * count);
112 for (x = graphmin; x < graphmax + 0.5 * d; x += d) {
114 sprintf((*tm)[i].string, str, x);
117 shorten(*tm, i, power_of_ten, use_KMG_symbols, base_offset);
123 static void test_range(double x, double y)
127 struct tickmark *tm = NULL;
128 printf("Testing range %g - %g\n", x, y);
129 nticks = calc_tickmarks(x, y, 10, &tm);
131 for (i = 0; i < nticks; i++)
132 printf(" (%s) %g\n", tm[i].string, tm[i].value);
138 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
140 test_range(0.0005, 0.008);
141 test_range(0.5, 0.8);
142 test_range(5.5, 8.8);
143 test_range(50.5, 80.8);
144 test_range(-20, 20.8);
145 test_range(-30, 700.8);