veq 1.1.0

Equation visualizer.

veq

Veq, short for View Equation, is a pygame based application for graphing equations.

Getting Started

Installation

The recommended way to install the most up-to-date version of this project is by cloning the respository and running setup.py install. This allows you to control which branch you install as well. This may not always guarantee a stable release, however.

Requirements

It is recommended you use the most recent stable version of Python. This project was built using Python 3.8.10. Dependencies are listed in requirements.txt and should be installed when running setup.py.

Running

Running the application can be done through the console script entry point veq or through python3 -m veq. The application takes the following command-line arguments:

usage: veq [-h] [-d] equation

Visualize an equation.

positional arguments:
  equation     Equation to plot.

optional arguments:
  -h, --help   show this help message and exit
  -d, --debug  Enable debug logging.
  -s n, --step n  Enable gridlines with step n
  -a, --noaxis    Disable axis.

Features

Expressions will be evaluated and graphed with y = f(x) over a set domain and range.

Syntax

The following operations are supported:

symbol	operation
Number	Any floating point number.
pi	Pi
e	Euler's constant
x	The variable x
+	Addition
-	Subtraction
*	Multiplication
/	Division
^	Exponential
( )	Paranthesis
sin[^1]	Sin
cos[^1]	Cos
tan[^1]	Tan
log[^1]	Log

[^1]: Must be followed by a sub-expression in paranthesis, i.e. sin(x)

Controls

The following controls are supported:

control	action
Mouse Right-Click Drag	Move view by changing domain and range.
Mouse Wheel Up	Zoom in by decreasing domain and range.
Mouse Wheel Down	Zoom out by increasing domain and range.
+	Zoom in by decreasing domain and range.
-	Zoom out by increasing domain and range.
r	Reset domain and range.

License

This project is licensed under GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE V3. View LICENSE for details.

Authors

• Willow Ciesialka