JS TutorialLesson #271

HTML Canvas

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Scatter Plots

Source Code

```javascript const xArray = [50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120,130,140,150];

const yArray = [7,8,8,9,9,9,10,11,14,14,15];

// Plot Scatter

ctx.fillStyle = "red";

for (let i = 0; i

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Source Code

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const xArray = [50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120,130,140,150];

const yArray = [7,8,8,9,9,9,10,11,14,14,15];



// Plot Scatter

ctx.fillStyle = "red";

for (let i = 0; i < xArray.length-1; i++) {

  let x = xArray[i]*400/150;

  let y = yArray[i]*400/15;

  ctx.beginPath();

  ctx.ellipse(x, y, 2, 3, 0, 0, Math.PI * 2);

  ctx.fill();

}

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let xMax = canvas.height;

let slope = 1.2;

let intercept = 70;



// Plot Scatter

ctx.moveTo(0, intercept);

ctx.lineTo(xMax, f(xMax));

ctx.strokeStyle = "black";

ctx.stroke();



// Line Function

function f(x) {

  return x * slope + intercept;

}

Source Code

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JavaScript syntax and algorithm demonstration.
let xMax = canvas.height;

let yMax = canvas.width;

let slope = 1.2;

let intercept = 70;



const xArray = [50,60,70,80,90,100,110,120,130,140,150];

const yArray = [7,8,8,9,9,9,10,11,14,14,15];



// Plot Scatter

ctx.fillStyle = "red";

for (let i = 0; i < xArray.length-1; i++) {

  let x = xArray[i]*400/150;

  let y = yArray[i]*400/15;

  ctx.beginPath();

  ctx.ellipse(x, y, 2, 3, 0, 0, Math.PI * 2);

  ctx.fill();

}



// Plot Line

ctx.moveTo(0, intercept);

ctx.lineTo(xMax, f(xMax));

ctx.strokeStyle = "black";

ctx.stroke();



// Line Function

function f(x) {

  return x * slope + intercept;

}