Here as promised is the code from my previous post:
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<div id="blogpostcontent"><!-- Blog Text -->
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<script type="text/javascript">
var words = $("#blogpostcontent").text().replace(/[\.,-\/#!$%\^&\*;:{}=\-_`~()]/g, "").replace(/\s{2,}/g, "").split(' ');
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<script type="text/processing" data-processing-target="processingCanvas">
Tree tree;
int wordCount = 0;
class Stack {
ArrayList aList;
Stack() {
aList = new ArrayList(1024);
}
Stack(int initialSize) {
aList = new ArrayList(initialSize);
}
boolean isEmpty() {
if (aList.size() > 0) return false;
return true;
}
void push(Object obj) {
aList.add(obj);
}
Object pop() {
int n = aList.size();
if (n > 0) return aList.remove(n - 1);
return null;
}
}
class Branch {
float x = 0;
float y = 0;
float theta = 0;
float thickness = 0;
Branch() {
};
Branch (Branch branch) {
x = branch.x;
y = branch.y;
theta = branch.theta;
thickness = branch.thickness;
}
}
class Tree {
String axiom, currentString;
String productionRule;
Branch branch;
Stack branchStack;
int pos = 0;
color col;
float angle = PI/10;
float angleChaos = 1;
float initialThickness = 18;
float thickness = initialThickness;
Tree () {
axiom = "F";
currentString = axiom;
branch = new Branch();
productionRule = "F[+FF-F-F][-FF+F-F]";
branchStack = new Stack();
}
void grow() {
grow(1);
}
void grow(int generations) {
for (int i = 0; i < generations; i++) {
String nextString = "";
for (int j = 0; j < currentString.length(); j++) {
char c = currentString.charAt(j);
if (c == "F") {
nextString += productionRule;
}
else {
nextString += c;
}
}
currentString = nextString;
}
}
void draw() {
for (int i = 0; i < currentString.length(); i++) {
this.drawBranch();
}
}
void drawBranch () {
if (pos >= currentString.length()) return;
char c = currentString.charAt(pos);
switch (c) {
case "F":
fill(100 + random(-40, 40), 42 + random(-40, 40), 42);
String word = (wordCount < words.length - 1) ? words[wordCount++] : "noword";
branch.thickness = thickness;
textFont(createFont("Helvetica", branch.thickness));
pushMatrix();
translate(branch.x, branch.y);
rotate(branch.theta);
text(word, 0, 0);
popMatrix();
float extension = textWidth(word);
branch.x += extension * cos(branch.theta);
branch.y += extension * sin(branch.theta);
break;
case "-":
branch.theta -= (angle + random(-1.0 * angle * angleChaos, angle * angleChaos));
break;
case "+":
branch.theta += (angle + random(-1.0 * angle * angleChaos, angle * angleChaos));
break;
case "[":
branchStack.push(new Branch(branch));
if (thickness > 3) {
thickness -= 3;
}
else {
thickness = 1;
}
break;
case "]":
branch = (Branch)branchStack.pop();
thickness = branch.thickness;
break;
}
pos++;
}
}
void setup () {
size(500, 500);
background(#141414);
frameRate(60);
smooth();
tree = new Tree();
tree.grow(3);
}
void draw () {
translate(width/2, height);
rotate(1.5 * PI);
tree.drawBranch();
}
The L-system code is based on this Processing code written by Daniel Jones.