[squeak-dev] Logarithmic interval ?

Nicolas Cellier nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com
Fri Feb 8 14:56:42 UTC 2019


Hi Karl, I published GeometricInterval along with some
GeometricIntervalTests at

    MCHttpRepository
        location: 'http://www.squeaksource.com/STEM'
        user: ''
        password: ''.

It is a port of VW SYSEXT-GeometricInterval from Cincom public store, a bit
revisited.

Le dim. 3 févr. 2019 à 21:18, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> a écrit :

> You are right.
> It would be nice to have a logarithmic interval.
>
> Best.
> Karl
>
>
> On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 6:37 PM Nicolas Cellier <
> nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi karl,
>> This is not a logarithmic interval. The progression should be geometric,
>> that is with a constant ratio.
>>
>>     x3/x2 = (x2/x1).
>>
>> The ith element of geometric serie should be something like
>>
>>     (ratio raisedTo: i-1) * start.
>>
>> Le dim. 3 févr. 2019 à 18:15, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> a
>> écrit :
>>
>>> I used a workaround that probably is more flexible since I have several
>>> variables that need the logarithm
>>>
>>> steps := 100.
>>> xLog := 0.02 log: steps.
>>> yLog := 1.894 log: steps
>>> 1 to: steps do:[:i|
>>>           x := i raisedTo: xLog.
>>>           y := i raisedTo: yLog.
>>>           ]
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> Karl
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 3, 2019 at 5:10 PM Nicolas Cellier <
>>> nicolas.cellier.aka.nice at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Yes,
>>>> But i don't remember if published somewhere... I'll check this evening
>>>> or tomorrow
>>>>
>>>> Le dim. 3 févr. 2019 à 16:43, karl ramberg <karlramberg at gmail.com> a
>>>> écrit :
>>>>
>>>>> Hi,
>>>>> Does anybody know of a logarithmic interval implementation in Squeak
>>>>> where the steps in the interval go by logarithmic scale instead of linear ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Karl
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>
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