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1993-11-09
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// HLD.C - Vertical Line Drawing
// Written by Phil Inch for Game Developers Magazine (issue 2).
// Contributed to the public domain.
// This program written and compiled with Borland C++ v3.1
// Compatibility with other compilers is not guaranteed.
// Usage of this program is subject to the disclaimer printed
// in the magazine. You assume all risks associated with the use
// of this program.
// Note to experienced C programmers: I'm deliberately using 'double'
// instead of 'int' to exaggerate the optimisation. I don't know if
// other languages optimise integer calculations as well as C does
// so by doing this I hope to present a more general result.
#include <stdio.h>
#include <conio.h>
#include <stdlib.h>
#include <time.h>
#include <dos.h>
// Routine to swap to integers
void swap( double a, double b ) {
double temp;
temp = a;
a = b;
b = temp;
}
// Routine to put screen into mode 13h
void set_mode_13h( void ) {
asm {
mov ax,0x13
int 0x10
}
}
// Routine to put screen into mode 3h (text mode)
void set_text_mode( void ) {
asm {
mov ax,0x03
int 0x10
}
}
// Slow vertical line drawing program
void slow_vertical_line( double x, double y1, double y2, unsigned char colour ) {
char far *screen_location;
double ycount;
for ( ycount = y1; ycount <= y2; ycount++ ) {
screen_location = MK_FP( 0xA000, (int) x + ( (int)ycount*320 ) );
*screen_location = colour;
}
}
// Fast vertical line drawing program
void fast_vertical_line( double x, double y1, double y2, unsigned char colour ) {
char far *screen_location;
double ycount;
screen_location = MK_FP( 0xA000, (int)x + ((int)y1*320) );
for ( ycount = y1; ycount <= y2; ycount++ ) {
*screen_location = colour;
screen_location += 320;
}
}
// This is where the program first starts
void main( void ) {
double x, y1, y2;
long lines, number_of_lines;
unsigned char colour;
char input[80];
clock_t slow_start, slow_end, slow_elapsed;
clock_t fast_start, fast_end, fast_elapsed;
clrscr();
printf( "*** VERTICAL LINE DRAWING DEMO ***\n\n" );
printf( "Suggestions for number of lines:\n\n" );
printf( "486/50: 25000\n" );
printf( "486/33: 10000\n" );
printf( "486/25: 5000\n" );
printf( "386/40: 500\n" );
printf( "386/33: 200\n" );
printf( "lower : 100\n\n" );
printf( "Enter number of lines to draw: " );
gets( input );
number_of_lines = atol(input);
if ( number_of_lines <= 0 ) {
printf( "That's not a valid number!" );
exit(1);
}
set_mode_13h();
gotoxy( 18, 13 ); puts( "\"Slow\"" ); delay( 1500 );
slow_start = clock();
for ( lines = 0; lines < number_of_lines; lines++ ) {
x = rand()%320; // 0 <= x <= 319
y1 = rand()%200; // 0 <= y1 <= 199
y2 = rand()%200; // 0 <= y2 <= 199
colour = rand()%256; // 0 <= colour <= 255
if ( y1 > y2 ) swap( y1, y2 );
slow_vertical_line( x, y1, y2, colour );
}
slow_end = clock();
slow_elapsed = slow_end - slow_start;
set_mode_13h(); // quick way of clearing the screen
gotoxy( 18, 13 ); puts( "\"Fast\"" ); delay( 1500 );
fast_start = clock();
for ( lines = 0; lines < number_of_lines; lines++ ) {
x = rand()%320; // 0 <= x <= 319
y1 = rand()%200; // 0 <= y1 <= 199
y2 = rand()%200; // 0 <= y2 <= 199
colour = rand()%256; // 0 <= colour <= 255
if ( y1 > y2 ) swap( y1, y2 );
fast_vertical_line( x, y1, y2, colour );
}
fast_end = clock();
fast_elapsed = fast_end - fast_start;
set_text_mode();
printf( "\n\nTimes for %ld lines:\n", number_of_lines );
printf( "\nSLOW: Took %ld clock cycles (about %ld seconds)\n",
slow_elapsed, 5*(9+slow_elapsed)/91 );
printf( "\nFAST: Took %ld clock cycles (about %ld seconds)\n",
fast_elapsed, 5*(9+fast_elapsed)/91 );
printf( "\nSAVING: FAST was %ld clock cycles (about %ld seconds) faster!\n\n",
slow_elapsed-fast_elapsed, 5*(9+slow_elapsed-fast_elapsed)/91 );
}