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DarkBASIC Professional Discussion / Programmer's trigonometry tutorial for beginners

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Diggsey
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2008 22:26
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At Slooper's suggestion, I wrote this trigonometry tutorial for all those programmers who wish they knew how to use Sin and Cos and the rest, but have either forgotten how, or just never got around to learning It comes with code examples in both DBP and C++.

It's available as a .PDF file, or a .DOC file.

Enjoy

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If you find the theory section boring, you might find the practical use section more interesting.

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Slooper
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Posted: 22nd Jan 2008 23:38
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Very nice Diggsey very nice, you should a new dbp book


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Posted: 23rd Jan 2008 01:44
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@Diggsey: Honestly, Slooper's got a point =)

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tiresius
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2008 04:47
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This is good. I pretty much knew it all, but searching the web for math pages to refresh my memory was getting tiresome. Now I have a printout next to my desk. Nice!

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Diggsey
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Posted: 23rd Jan 2008 20:34
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Thanks

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Alquerian
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I was at the bookstore yesterday browsing through the little study guides which cost $5 each, and they weren't nearly as valuable as this. I am positive this will come in handy, and I (like Tiresius) have it printed out and sitting on my desk.

I will try to get through all of it when I get the opportunity. In the mean time, Thank you for doing this. I am positive others will find it useful as well.

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Sumo
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Posted: 24th Jan 2008 18:41
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Thanks Diggsey

this is exactly what I was looking for

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hyrichter
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That's very nicely written Diggsey. This is definitely handy to keep around as a quick reference. Thanks for taking the time to write it.

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david w
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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 12:14
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Thank you.
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Diggsey
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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 19:07
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Thanks for the feedback, it was no trouble writing it

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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 19:19
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Want me to put this in the Newcomer's Corner tutorials thread? I think I will do just that.

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Diggsey
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Posted: 25th Jan 2008 19:58
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Sure

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Posted: 26th Jan 2008 14:58
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Nice examples of showing code in both DBP and C++. May help some with migrating languages


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I'm lost at what θ means. Can anyone help me there?

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This is great thanks!
Just answered a question for me as well!

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Posted: 28th Jan 2008 17:50
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@Higgins
That is the symbol for theta. I think I put it in brackets immediately after

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gbark
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Posted: 28th Jan 2008 19:30 Edited at: 28th Jan 2008 19:31
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Yeah, θ means theta, which is just what is usually used when dealing with variable angles in radians, rather than using 'x'.

Nice tutorial Diggsey, simple and to the point.
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Diggsey
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Posted: 28th Jan 2008 22:50
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@gbark
I usually just use the greek letters for angles, and the normal letters for lengths and points and things

Thanks everybody for the comments

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Brilliant stuff ive always wanted to learn trig now I can have a look hopefully something will sink into the ol' noodle.

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Anyone have a plot point in 3d world function thats the only bit I dont understand as yet

Ive always been interested in 3d math but wanted to know how to plot a point in 3d space and then make a polygonal model in 3d software mode sort of thing

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